Political imagination in a technical age / Willem Vanderburg -- Marx and Lukacs on technology and the "value" of freedom / Richard Day -- Languages, techniques, rationalities / Dusan Pokorny -- Technology and the problem of democratic control: the contribution of Jurgen Habermas / Marie Fleming -- Shades of optimism: Soviet views on science and morality / Laszlo Jobbagy -- Liberal democracy and the problem of technology / Jerry Weinberger -- Rousseau versus instant government: democratic participation in the age of telepolitics / Joseph Masciulli -- Anarchism and technology / Frank Harrison -- Hegel and Marx: perspectives on politics and technology / Richard Day -- Political technology, democracy and education: John Dewey's legacy / Frank Kurtz -- Dahl, democracy and technology / H.D. Forbes.
Politics and progress in Heidegger's philosophy of history / W.R. Newell -- Fire alarm: Walter Benjamin's critique of technology / Michael Lowy -- Consent to the universe: Simone Weil and the natural ground for technological choice / Gary Lewis -- George Grant on technological imperatives / Edward Andrew -- Action into nature: Hannah Arendt's reflections on technology / Barry Cooper -- Ethics and technology: Hans Jonas' theory of responsibility / Ronald Beiner.