Author : Thomas F. Tierney
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791412442
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.4X/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Value of Convenience by : Thomas F. Tierney
Download or read book The Value of Convenience written by Thomas F. Tierney and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, Tierney identifies convenience as the value of central importance to the development of modern technical culture. While revealing modern attitudes toward technology, the human body, mortality, and necessity, Tierney focuses on the cultural value of convenience and on modern attitudes which emphasize consumption rather than production of technology.