academic researchers/readers of mastodon: is there a solid historical book (books?) that documents and explores the transition from the mechanical age to the age of “modern” technology as someone like heidegger understands the term technology?
i’m imagining a book that interprets the social and cultural transformations between the late medieval and victorian periods, from older conceptions of morality and mechanism to newer ideas about individualism and automation? eg. documenting not only demographic changes, but also the ways of thinking about people that were preconditions for modern technological thought.
i realize this is a rather nebulous request covering a huge time span, but my background is in the philosophy of science and not british history literature.
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@[email protected] check out The Gutenberg Parenthesis by @[email protected] it starts in the late Medieval period with the earliest printed books and while it ends in the modern era discussing the internet I think you will find the early chapters very related to the bibliography your are building and that you will find his bibliography and the books he used useful for a further dive into the impact of printing on the late medieval / early modern era
@[email protected] fantastic - thank you for the reference!