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42 produkter
Kannibalernas maskerad : pengar, teknik och global rättvisa i antropocen
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2021
4,4 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (12)
235 kr
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Solpaneler och elbilar framställs ofta som avgörande faktorer i omställningen till ett klimatanpassat samhälle, som om omställningen bara skulle vara en fråga om att byta teknik. Det är lätt att glömma att det faktiskt är priserna på arbete och resurser i olika delar av världen som gör …
Att svära i kyrkan - tjugofyra röster om evig tillväxt på en ändlig planet
Av Stellan Tengroth, Fredrik Lindström m. fl.
Pocket, 2013
4,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (15)
89 kr
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Det är lätt att hitta invändningar mot BNP-tillväxt men det är inte konstruktivt att blunda för att vårt moderna samhälle i alla dess delar är utvecklat under en tid av expansion. Tekniska framsteg och ökad produktivitet har lett till minskat behov av arbetskraft, men så länge ekonomin växte var …
Myten om maskinen : essäer om makt, modernitet och miljö
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2012
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
243 kr
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Den moderna människan sätter sin tilltro till tekniken. Men är själva föreställningen om "teknik" en kulturell illusion? I Myten om maskinen utmanar Alf Hornborg, professor i humanekologi vid Lunds universitet, idén att mänskligheten är förenad i en gemensam utveckling mot allt effektivare teknik. …
Historiens hemvist I : den historiska tidens former
Av Jens Bartelson, Henrik Berggren m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
272 kr
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Vi lever alla omgivna av ett förflutet som på olika sätt påverkar nuet. Men hur ska vi förstå det förflutnas fortsatta verkan och närvaro i samtiden? Inom historieteori diskuterades länge frågan om vi kan veta något med säkerhet om det förflutna. Men under senare decennier har intresset snarare …
Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange
Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2012
776 kr
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In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of ‘technology’ itself a cultural illusion? This book challenges the idea that humanity as a whole is united in a common development toward increasingly efficient technologies. Instead it argues that modern technology …
Rethinking Environmental History
World-System History and Global Environmental Change
Av Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill m. fl.
Inbunden, 2007
1854 kr
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This exciting new reader in environmental history provides a framework for understanding the relations between ecosystems and world-systems over time. Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill, and Joan Martinez-Alier have brought together a group of the prominent social scientists, historians, and geographical …
Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2026
710 kr
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Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World examines the emergence of money and its social and ecological repercussions. It views money as a new phenomenon in the evolution of life that has fundamentally transformed ecosystems and human social relations.The appearance of coined money around 600 …
Magic of Technology
The Machine as a Transformation of Slavery
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2024
651 kr
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This book examines our understanding of technology and suggests that machines are counterfeit organisms that seem to replace human bodies but are ultimately means of displacing workloads and environmental loads beyond our horizon. It emphasises that technology is not the politically neutral …
Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene
Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2021
586 kr
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Are money and technology the core illusions of our time? In this book, Alf Hornborg offers a fresh assessment of the inequalities and environmental degradation of the world. He shows how both mainstream and radical economists are limited by a particular worldview and, as a result, do not grasp that …
Ecology and Power
Struggles over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present and Future
Av Alf Hornborg, Brett Clark m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
2601 kr
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Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a …
Global Magic
Technologies of Appropriation from Ancient Rome to Wall Street
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2017
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
606 kr
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Modern thought on economics and technology is no less magical than the world views of non-modern peoples. This book reveals how our ideas about growth and progress ignore how money and machines throughout history have been used to exploit less affluent parts of world society. The argument …
Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange
Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World
Av Alf Hornborg
Inbunden, 2011
2601 kr
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In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of ‘technology’ itself a cultural illusion? This book challenges the idea that humanity as a whole is united in a common development toward increasingly efficient technologies. Instead it argues that modern technology …
Ecology and Power
Struggles over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present and Future
Av Alf Hornborg, Brett Clark m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
942 kr
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Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a …
Power of the Machine
Global Inequalities of Economy, Technology, and Environment
Av Alf Hornborg
Häftad, 2001
604 kr
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Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes. He demonstrates how the power of the machine generates increasingly asymmetrical …
Rethinking Environmental History
World-System History and Global Environmental Change
Av Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
859 kr
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This exciting new reader in environmental history provides a framework for understanding the relations between ecosystems and world-systems over time. Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill, and Joan Martinez-Alier have brought together a group of the prominent social scientists, historians, and geographical …
Rethinking Environmental History
World-System History and Global Environmental Change
Av Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill m. fl.
E-bok, 2007
935 kr
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This exciting new reader in environmental history provides a framework for understanding the relations between ecosystems and world-systems over time. Alf Hornborg, J. R. McNeill, and Joan Martinez-Alier have brought together a group of the prominent social scientists, historians, and geographical …
Power of the Machine
Global Inequalities of Economy, Technology, and Environment
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2001
655 kr
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Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes. He demonstrates how the power of the machine generates increasingly asymmetrical …
Political Ecology Across Spaces, Scales, and Social Groups
Av Susan Paulson, Lisa L. Gezon m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
430 kr
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Environmental issues have become increasingly prominent in local struggles, national debates, and international policies. In response, scholars are paying more attention to conventional politics and to more broadly defined relations of power and difference in the interactions between human groups …
Magic of Technology
The Machine as a Transformation of Slavery
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2022
746 kr
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This book examines our understanding of technology and suggests that machines are counterfeit organisms that seem to replace human bodies but are ultimately means of displacing workloads and environmental loads beyond our horizon. It emphasises that technology is not the politically neutral …
Magic of Technology
The Machine as a Transformation of Slavery
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2022
762 kr
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This book examines our understanding of technology and suggests that machines are counterfeit organisms that seem to replace human bodies but are ultimately means of displacing workloads and environmental loads beyond our horizon. It emphasises that technology is not the politically neutral …
Magic of Technology
The Machine as a Transformation of Slavery
Av Alf Hornborg
Inbunden, 2022
2145 kr
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This book examines our understanding of technology and suggests that machines are counterfeit organisms that seem to replace human bodies but are ultimately means of displacing workloads and environmental loads beyond our horizon. It emphasises that technology is not the politically neutral …
Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World
Av Alf Hornborg
Inbunden, 2024
2526 kr
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Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World examines the emergence of money and its social and ecological repercussions. It views money as a new phenomenon in the evolution of life that has fundamentally transformed ecosystems and human social relations.The appearance of coined money around 600 …
Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2024
813 kr
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Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World examines the emergence of money and its social and ecological repercussions. It views money as a new phenomenon in the evolution of life that has fundamentally transformed ecosystems and human social relations. The appearance of coined money around 600 …
Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2024
831 kr
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Liquidate: How Money is Dissolving the World examines the emergence of money and its social and ecological repercussions. It views money as a new phenomenon in the evolution of life that has fundamentally transformed ecosystems and human social relations. The appearance of coined money around 600 …
Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene
Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex
Av Alf Hornborg
Inbunden, 2019
1844 kr
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Are money and technology the core illusions of our time? In this book, Alf Hornborg offers a fresh assessment of the inequalities and environmental degradation of the world. He shows how both mainstream and radical economists are limited by a particular worldview and, as a result, do not grasp that …
Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene
Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2019
571 kr
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Are money and technology the core illusions of our time? In this book, Alf Hornborg offers a fresh assessment of the inequalities and environmental degradation of the world. He shows how both mainstream and radical economists are limited by a particular worldview and, as a result, do not grasp that …
Nature, Society, and Justice in the Anthropocene
Unraveling the Money-Energy-Technology Complex
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2019
559 kr
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Are money and technology the core illusions of our time? In this book, Alf Hornborg offers a fresh assessment of the inequalities and environmental degradation of the world. He shows how both mainstream and radical economists are limited by a particular worldview and, as a result, do not grasp that …
Ecology and Power
Struggles over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present and Future
Av Kenneth Hermele, Brett Clark m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
1082 kr
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Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a …
Ecology and Power
Struggles over Land and Material Resources in the Past, Present and Future
Av Kenneth Hermele, Brett Clark m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
1106 kr
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Power and social inequality shape patterns of land use and resource management. This book explores this relationship from different perspectives, illuminating the complexity of interactions between human societies and nature. Most of the contributors use the perspective of "political ecology" as a …
Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange
Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World
Av Alf Hornborg
E-bok, 2012
883 kr
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In modern society, we tend to have faith in technology. But is our concept of ‘technology’ itself a cultural illusion? This book challenges the idea that humanity as a whole is united in a common development toward increasingly efficient technologies. Instead it argues that modern technology …
