Title: Creatures of Prometheus : gender and the politics of technology /
Authors: Kaufman-Osborn, Timothy V. 1953-; Prometheus
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Technology Philosophy; Technology Social aspects; Technology Sex differences.
Abstract: "Do human beings become creatures of the technology they create? Is gender an artifact of the work performed by such manufactured things? Drawing on a broad range of literary and philosophical sources, including Homer's Iliad, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, accounts of the 1986 nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, and recent scholarship in feminist, postmodern, and political theory, this book offers strikingly original ways for readers to think about technology, gender identity, culture, the environment, politics, and the ways women and men struggle to make sense of the gifts of Prometheus."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. Artifacts as Agents. i. SpiderWeb. ii. Disappearing Artifacts. iii. The Cartesian Paradigm of Use. iv. Technophiles/Technophobes. v. The Hammer and the Reactor (with Apologies to Langdon Winner). vi. The Dialectic of Projection and Reciprocation. vii. Weighty Matters. viii. Calvin (But Not Hobbes) on the Making of Real Men. ix. Why Things Fall Apart. x. Becoming Clytaemestra -- 2. Agents as Artifacts. i. SpiderWoman. ii. Relocating the Thread. iii. Father to Himself. iv. Mother to Herself. v. Sugar and Spice, Snips and Snails. vi. Nature/Experience/Language. vii. Feeling/Body/Meaning. viii. Black Widows. ix. A Pregnant Pause. x. Venus Files for Divorce -- 3. Exemplary Artifacts. i. Shield. ii. Cyborg. iii. Reactor.