Against Technology: From the Luddites to Neo-Luddism

By Steven E. Jones

Book Overview

Against Technology addresses the question of what it might mean today to be a Luddite--that is, to take a stand against technology. Steven Jones here explains the history of the Luddites, British textile workers who, from around 1811, proclaimed themselves followers of "Ned Ludd" and smashed machinery they saw as threatening their trade.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415978688
• ISBN13: 9780415978682
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.0"