Global Ecology and Unequal Exchange: Fetishism in a Zero-Sum World

by Alf Hornborg

Book Overview

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 implies a kind of global 'zero-sum game' involving uneven resource flows, which make it possible for wealthier parts of global society to save time and space...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415659280
• ISBN13: 9780415659284
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"