Featuring twenty-five writers in all, this book includes Howard P. Segal's acclaimed work on utopian visionaries.

Segal examines the historical connection between technology and utopia, and shows how this connection is not just a contemporary western concept, but one that s

The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History brings together in one two-volume set the record of the nation's values, aspirations, anxi

The term "technological fix" should mean a fix provided by technology--a solution for all of our problems, from medicine and food production to the environment

A highly engaging tour through progressive history in the service of emancipating our digital tomorrow Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award,

The rapid advancement of technology has led to an explosion of speculative theories about what the future of humankind may look like. These "technological futur

This collection of essays from international scholars from various disciplines addresses the theme of technological pessimism; the conviction that technology ha