The magic of technology: the machine as a transformation of slavery

Introduction: The secret rationale of the industrial revolution -- Productive forces as social relations : technology as an object for social theory -- The shadow of progress : acknowledging ecologically unequal exchange -- References to technology in critical development theory -- Stealing time and space : the elusive magic of technology -- Energy and labour-power : when all people and all things became instruments -- Money and market valuation as the root of our afflictions -- Beyond objective values : human ideas in a material world -- Solar power for whom? The fantasies of leftist ecomodernism -- Mistaking machines for humans : delusions of the material turn -- The power of signs : the invisibility of social metabolism before the machine -- Progress or parasitism? Money and technology in the world history of inequality -- Dismantling the machine : problems in naming the evil -- Afterword: Beyond the machine.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Secret Rationale of the Industrial Revolution -- PART I: The Social Constitution of Machines -- 1 Productive Forces as Social Relations: Technology as an Object for Social Theory -- 2 The Shadow of Progress: Acknowledging Ecologically Unequal Exchange -- 3 References to Technology in Critical Development Theory -- 4 Stealing Time and Space: The Elusive Magic of Technology -- PART II: Ideas about Machines, Energy, and Value -- 5 Energy and Labour-power: When All People and All Things Became Instruments -- 6 Money and Market Valuation as the Root of Our Afflictions -- 7 Beyond Objective Values: Human Ideas in a Material World -- 8 Solar Power for Whom? The Fantasies of Leftist Ecomodernism -- PART III: Machines, Culture, and History -- 9 Mistaking Machines for Humans: Delusions of the Material Turn -- 10 The Power of Signs: The Invisibility of Social Metabolism before the Machine -- 11 Progress or Parasitism? Money and Technology in the World History of Inequality -- 12 Dismantling the Machine: Problems in Naming the Evil -- Afterword: Beyond the machine -- References -- Index.