Call for papers: The Question Concerning Technopoly Part 1 Manifestations Part 2 Cultural Obsolescence Part 3 Geopolitical Considerations Part 4 ? Confrontations The book will be thematically integrated by sections linked through their convergence on the phenomenon of socio-technical conflict. Its chapters will be tentatively divided into four broad sections of focus, as above. Some of the likely manifestations of technopoly (or the submission of all cultural forms to technology and technique) that are to animate the first section of the book include cultural acceleration, information overload, invisible technologies, and the digital revolution (or the question of computer technology as technopoly´s most potent metaphor). It could similarly include discussions relating to topics as diverse as hydraulic fracking, genetically modified organisms, fossil fuels, global warming, autonomous technology, scientific management, scientism, and the moral crisis at the heart of the perspective that Postman calls the technological world-view. Examples of the second section or Cultural Obsolescence would include aspects related to what Postman identifies as the traditional world-view, the symbolic world of religion, ritual, myth, politics, and the arts, along with phenomena such as liberal democracy, epistemology, moral certainty, symbol drain, creativity, and integral awareness. The third section, devoted to geopolitical trends, might include chapters probing Pentagon capitalism and the military-industrial complex, American planetary hegemony, totalitarian technocracy, corporatism, technological theology, privacy, surveillance, Postman?s ?oving freedom fighter, and the contrasting visions of Huxley and Orwell. The last section, Confrontations, will be devoted to entries that recommend prescriptions for confronting the cultural conditions of technopoly. *Intended Audience(s)* Though the book is intended for students of technology, submissions written with a stylistic clarity reflecting that of Postman himself will be favoured. This should enable the book to be read by the type of popular reader that Postman himself frequently attracts. Since Postman´s analysis of technopoly is ultimately a media-ecological one, the book ought to have particular significance for students and practitioners in the field of media ecology. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of initial extended abstract: *September 15**, 2014* - Notification of acceptance: *October 15, 2014* - Submission of full manuscript: *January 15, 2015* - Return of final review: *February 15, 2015* - Submission of final version with revisions: *April 15, 2015* - Target date for publication: 2015 Abstracts should be approximately 500-700 words and final submissions should be 8,000 words or less. *Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Dr. Phil Rose [email protected]
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