Publications of Andrew Feenberg

Books

Lukacs, Marx and the Sources of Critical Theory

  Rowman and Littlefield, 1981.
  British edition: Martin Robertson Publishers.
  Paperback edition: Oxford University Press, 1986.

Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia

  A. Feenberg, R. Pippin, C. Webel, editors.
  Bergin & Garvey Press, 1987.
  British edition: Macmillan Press.

Critical Theory of Technology

  Oxford University Press, 1991.
  Japanese Edition: Gijitsu: Kuritikaru Seorii, Hosei University Press, 1995.

Technology and the Politics of Knowledge

  A. Feenberg, A. Hannay, editors.
  Indiana University Press, 1995.

Alternative Modernity: The Technical Turn in Philosophy and Social Theory

  University of California Press, 1995.
  Chinese Edition: China Social Sciences Press, forthcoming 2003.

Questioning Technology

  Routledge, 1999.
  Norwegian Edition (abridged): Teknikk og Modernitet, Universitetsforlaget, 1999.
  French Edition: La Technologie en Question, under submission.
  Japanese edition, Iwanami Shoten, forthcoming 2003.

  Italian edition, ETAS (Rizzoli), 2002.

When Poetry Ruled the Streets: The May Events of 1968.

  With James Freedman
  SUNY Press, 2002.

Transforming Technology

  Second edition of Critical Theory of Technology, Oxford, 2002.

Modernity and Technology

   Co-edited with Tom Misa and Philip Breij, MIT Press, 2003.

 

Articles

1. "Introduction to the Young Lukács," Alternatives, March-April 1966, pp. 18, 21-23.

2. "Paul Nizan," Monthly Review, February 1970, pp. 29-35.

3. "Technocracy and Rebellion: Spy Films and Social Criticism," Telos, Summer 1970, pp. 21-42.

4. "Reification and the Antinomies of Socialist Thought," Telos, Winter 1971, pp. 93-118.

5. "Lukács and the Critique of 'Orthodox' Marxism," The Philosophical Forum, Spring-Summer 1972, pp. 422-467.

"Lukács et la critique du marxisme orthodoxe," L'Homme et la Société, Jan.-Juin 1974, pp. 109-134.

6. "Marxist Theory and Socialist Society," Newsletter on Comparative Studies of Communism, May 1973, pp. 2-31.

7. "The May Events," The New Scholar, Fall 1973, pp. 51-76.
"The May Events," G. Olson, ed., The Other Europe, King's Court Communications, 1977, pp. 100-119.

8. "Socialism in France? The Common Program and the Future of the French Left," Socialist Review, January-March 1974, pp. 9-38.
"Socialism in France? The Common Program and the Future of the French Left," G. Olson, ed., The Other Europe, King's Court Communications, 1977, pp. 119-131.

9. "Borrowed Glory: 'The Sugarland Express,'" Telos, Fall 1974, pp. 188-194.

10. "Notes on Methodology and Ontology in Lenin's Thought," Poznan Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, vol. 1, no. 2, 1975, pp. 58-64.

11. "An End to History: Science Fiction in the Nuclear Age," The Johns Hopkins Magazine, March 1977, pp. 12-22.
"Science Fiction and the Politics of Survival," Alternative Futures, Summer 1978, pp. 3-23.

12. "Transition or Convergence: Communism and the Paradox of Development," in Frederick Fleron, ed., Technology and Communist Culture, Praeger Publishers, 1977, pp. 71-114.

13 . "From the May Events to Eurocommunism," Socialist Review, Jan.-Feb. 1978, pp. 73-108.

14. "Remembering the May Events," Theory and Society, July 1978, pp. 29-53.

15. "New Grounds for Revolution: The Early Marx in Lukácsian Perspecctive," The Philosophical Forum, Spring-Summer 1978, pp. 186-218.

16. "Technology Transfer and Cultural Change in Communist Societies," Technology and Culture, April 1979, pp. 348-354.

17. "Beyond the Politics of Survival," Theory and Society, May 1979, pp. 219-361.
"L'Ecologie: politique de survie ou politique tout court," L'Homme et la Société, Jan.-Dec. 1981, pp. 161-180.

18. "France: The New Middle Strata and the Legacy of the May Events," D. Plotke and C. Boggs, eds., European Communism in the Seventies, South End Press, 1979, pp. 131-168.

19. "The Political Economy of Space," K. Woodward, ed., The Myths of Information: Technology and Postindustrial Culture, Coda Press, 1980, pp. 111-124.

20. "L'identité sujet-objet et la dialectique de la nature dans les premiers écrits de Lukács," Trinh-Van-Thao, B. Rousset, and J. Gabel, eds., Actualité de la Dialectique, Anthropos, 1980, pp. 293-311.

21. "La Nouvelle Droite Americaine," L'Homme et la Société, Jan.-Dec. 1980, pp. 239-254.

22. "Culture and Practice in the Early Marxist Work of Lukács," Berkeley Journal of Sociology, 1981, pp. 27-40.

23. "Technology and the Idea of Progress," Research in Philosophy and Technology, 1982, vol. 5, pp. 15-21.

24. "Paths to Failure: The dialectics of Organization and Ideology in the New Left," Humanities in Society, Fall 1983, pp. 393-419.
"Paths to Failure: The dialectics of Organization and Ideology in the New Left," Adolph Reed, ed., Race, Politics and Culture, Greenwood Press, 1986, pp. 119-144.
"Les Chemins de l'échec: la dialectique de l'idéologie et de l'organisation dans la nouvelle gauche," L'Homme et la Société, Winter, 1989, pp. 33-50.

25. "Le desordre économique et érotique," in P. Dumouchel, ed., Violence et Verité, Grasset, 1985, pp. 201-210.

"Fetishism and Form," in P. Dumouchel, ed., Violence and Truth, Athlone Press & Stanford Univ. Press, 1988, pp. 134-151.

26. "Network Design," IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, March 1986, pp. 2-7.

27. "The Bias of Technology," Feenberg, Pippin, Webel, eds., Marcuse: Critical Theory and the Promise of Utopia, Bergin & Garvey Press, 1987, pp. 225-254.

28. "Computer Conferencing and the Humanities," Instructional Science, August 1987, pp. 169-186.

29. "Technique or Praxis: The Question of Organization in the Early Marxist Work of Lukács," T. Rockmore, ed., Lukács Today, Reidel, 1988, pp. 126-156.

30. "Le nihilisme au quotidien: la culture des 'années Reagan,'" Artstudio, Winter 1988, pp. 6-13.

31. "A User's Guide to the Pragmatics of Computer Mediated Communication," Semiotica, July 1989, pp. 257-278.

32. "The Planetary Classroom: International Applications of Advanced Communication to Education," Message Handling Systems and Distributed Applications, E. Stefferud, et al., eds., North Holland, 1989, pp. 511-524.
"Les systemes de communication et la transformation de l'enseignement," Regards, June 1989, pp. 190-194.

33. "The Written World," in A. Kaye and R. Mason, eds., Mindweave: Communication, Computers, and Distance Education, Pergamon Press, 1989, pp. 22-39.
"Le Monde de l'Ecrit," in P. Perin and M. Gensollen, eds., La Communication Plurielle: l'Interaction dans les Téléconférences, La Documentation Française, 1992, pp. 224-247.

34. "Social Factors in Computer Mediated Communication," with Beryl Bellman, in L. Harasim, ed., On-Line Education: Perspectives on a New Medium, Praeger, 1990, pp. 67-97.

35. "The Ambivalence of Technology," Sociological Perspectives, Spring 1990, pp. 35-50.

36. "The Critical Theory of Technology," Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, no. 5, 1990, pp. 17-45.
"La teoria della tecnologia," Capitalismo, Natura, Socialismo, no. 3, Nov. 1991, pp. 20-46.

37. "Democratic Socialism and Technological Change," in P. Durbin, ed., Philosophy of Technology: Broad and Narrow Interpretations (Philosophy and Technology, Vol. 7), Dordrect and Kluwer, 1990, pp. 101-123.

38. "Post-Industrial Discourses," Theory and Society, 1990, pp. 709-737.

39. "Experiential Ontology: The Origins of the Nishida Philosophy in the Doctrine of Pure Experience," with Yoko Arisaka, International Philosophical Quarterly, June 1990, pp. 173-204.

40. "On Being a Human Subject: Interest and Obligation in the Experimental Treatment of Incurable Disease," The Philosophical Forum, Spring 1992, pp. 213-230.
"Experimental Treatment of Incurable Disease: Resolving the Ethical Dilemma," in R. Smith, ed., Handbook of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Marcel Dekker, 1992, pp. 347-362.

41. "From Information to Communication: the French Experience with Videotex," in M. Lea, ed., Contexts of Computer-Mediated Communication, Harvester-Wheatsheaf, 1992, pp. 168-187.

42. "Subversive Rationalization: Technology, Power and Democracy," Inquiry, Sept./Dec. 1992, pp. 301-322.

43. "Building a Global Network: The WBSI Experience," in L. Harasim, ed., Global Networks: Computerizing the International Community, MIT Press, 1993, pp. 185-197.

44. "Postmodernitet i Teori og Praksis--Fra Lyotard til Minitel," ("Postmodernity in Theory and Practice: From Lyotard to the Minitel") in M. Soby and T. Rasmussen, eds., Kulturens Digitale Felt (The Digital Field of Culture), Aventura Vorlag, Oslo, 1993, pp. 49-70.

45. "The Critique of Technology: From Dystopia to Interaction," in J. Bokina and T. Luke, eds., Marcuse Revisited, University of Kansas Press, 1994, pp. 208-226.

46. "The Technocracy Thesis Revisited," Inquiry, March 1994, pp. 85-102.

47. "Alternative Modernity: Playing the Japanese Game of Culture," Cultural Critique, Winter 1994-1995, pp. 107-138.

48. "The Problem of Modernity in the Philosophy of Nishida," in J. Heisig and J. Maraldo, eds., Rude Awakenings: Zen, the Kyoto School and the Question of Nationalism, University of Hawaii, 1995, pp. 151-173.
"Le probleme de la modernite dans la philosophie de Nishida," Logique du lieu et Oeuvre humaine, A. Berque and P. Nys, eds., Brussels: Ousia, 1997, pp. 35-52.
"Nishida to Kindai no Mondai," Shiso, forthcoming.

49. "Nishida Tetsugaku to Jemusu no Junsui Keiken ron" ("Nishida's Philosophy and James") in A. Omine, ed., Nishida Tetsugaku no Manabu Hito no tame ni (Introduction to Nishida's Philosophy), with Yoko Arisaka, Sekai Shiso Sha, 1995, pp. 22-36.

50. "The Commoner-Ehrlich Debate: Environmentalism and the Politics of Survival," in D. Macauley, ed., Minding Nature: The Philosophers of Ecology, Guilford Publications, 1996, pp. 257-282.

51. "Marcuse or Habermas: Two Critiques of Technology," Inquiry, 39, 1996, pp. 45-70.
Japanese translation in America Hihyo-Riron No Shin-Dankai, (The New Stage of American Critical Theory), edited by M. Jay, Aoki Shoten, 1997.

52. "The On-Line Patient Meeting," principal author with CNS Staff, Journal of Neurological Sciences 139, 1996, pp. 129-131.

53. "Escaping the Iron Cage: Subversive Rationalization and Democratic Theory," in R. Schomberg, ed., Democratising Technology. Ethics, Risk and Public Debate. Tilburg: International Centre for Human and Public Affairs, 1998, pp. 1-15.

54. "Zen Existentialism: Bugbee's Japanese Influence," in E. Mooney, ed., Inward Mornings: On Wilderness and the Heart, SUNY Press, 1999, pp. 81-91.

55. "From Essentialism to Constructivism: Philosophy of Technology at the Crossroads," in E. Higgs, D.Strong, and A. Light, eds., Technology and the Good Life. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 2000.

56. "Experience and Culture: Nishida's Path to the 'Things Themselves'," Philosophy East and West, vol. 49, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 28-44.
"Le Cheminement de Nishida vers les Choses Elles-Mêmes," in A. Berque, ed., Logique du lieu et dépassement de la modernité, Ousia, 1999, pp. 66-83.
"Experience and Culture: Nishida's Path to the 'Things Themselves'," Nishida and the Question of Modernity, A. Feenberg, A. Berque and Y. Arisaka, eds., under submission.

57. "Post-Utopian Marxism: Lukács and the Dilemmas of Organization," John McCormick, ed., Confronting Mass Technology and Mass Democracy: Essays in Twentieth Century German Political and Social Thought, Duke University Press, forthcoming 2002.

58. "Can Technology Incorporate Values? Marcuse's Answer to the Question of the Age," The Legacy of Herbert Marcuse, J. Abromeit, ed., Routledge, 2002.
"Marcuse: Uber Technik und Wert," in P.-E Jansen und Redaktion Perspektiven, eds., Zwischen Hoffnung und Notwendigkeit: Diskussionsbeiträge zu Herbert Marcuse, Neue Kritik, Kooperation Sonderdruck der Perspektiven, 1999, 151-155.

59. "Distance Learning: Promise or Threat," Crosstalk, Winter 1999, pp. 12-13.
"Distance Learning: Promise or Threat," Academe, Sept.-Oct. 1999, pp. 26-31.
"Reflections on the Distance Learning Controversy," The Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 24 (3) 1999, 337-348.
 "Distance Learning: Promise or Threat," Ed at a Distance Magazine, forthcoming   2000.

60. "Wither Educational Technology?" Peer Review, Summer 1999, pp. 4-7.
"Wither Educational Technology?" International Journal of Technology and Design   Education, forthcoming 2000.

61. "Community Technology and Democratic Rationalization," with Maria Bakardjieva, The Information Society, 2002.

62. "Involving the Virtual Subject," with Maria Bakardjieva, Journal of Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 2, no. 4, 2001, pp. 233-240.

 63. “Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Reflections on the 20th Century,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Social Studies, vol 33, no. 1, July 2001, pp. 135-142.

"Internet Jidai made no Hyakunen (One Hundred Years Until the Internet Age),"

Sairyusha Publishers, 2002, pp. 239-253.

“Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Reflections on the 20th Century,” Globalization, Technology and Philosophy, D. Tabachnik, T. Koivukoski, eds., SUNY Press, forthcoming 2003.

 

 64. “Online Education and the Choices of Modernity,” Proceedings of the Conference on Communication, the Media, and Cultural Values, University of Hawaii Press, R. Ames, ed.,. forthcoming 2001.

“La enseñanza "Online" y las Opciones de Modernidad,” A. Alonso, ed., 30 Anos de Internet. La Sociedad de la Informacion en el 2000, forthcoming 2002.

 

 65. "Technology in a Global World," in Science and Other Cultures: Issues in Philosophies of Science and Technology, R. Figueroa and S. Harding eds., Routledge, forthcoming 2003.

"Technology in a Global World," Japanese version in Shisaku, Journal of the Philosophy Department of Tohoku University, 2002.  

 66. “Heidegger and Marcuse: The Catastrophe and Redemption of Enlightenment,” in The Legacy of Herbert Marcuse, J. Abromeit, ed., Routledge, 2002.

 67. “Modernity Theory and Technology Studies: Reflections on Bridging the Gap,” in Technology and Modernity, MIT Press, 2002.  

 68. “Facilitation,” with Cindy Xin, Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning, Sage, 2003.

 

Notes and Reviews

1. "Reflections on 'Literary Education and Democracy,'" Modern Language Notes, December 1972, pp. 987-990.

2. "Aesthetics as Social Theory," Telos, Spring 1973, pp. 41-46.

3. "Introduction to the Kosik-Sartre Exchange," followed by translation of letters by Kosik and Sartre, Telos, Fall 1975, pp. 192-195.

4. Review of Carmen Claudin-Urondo, Lénine et la révolution culturelle, in Theory and Society, Winter 1975, pp. 597-600.

5. Review of Joseph Gabel, Idéologies, in Revue Française de Sociologie, Avril-Juin 1978, pp. 299-300.

6. "Geography of the Text: Notes on Reviews of the Nouveaux Philosophes," Europa, Fall 1978, pp. 121-125.

7. "Imagining the Future," Technology and Society, Summer 1983, pp. 20-21.

8. "Les Mondes Paralleles de la TCAO," Telecoms Magazine, no. 29, 1989, p. 32.

9. "Nihon Bunka no Honjitsu to Posto Modan" ("The Nature of Japanese Culture and the Post-Modern") By-Line: Journal of the Dentsu Institute for Human Studies, no. 1, 1991.

10. "Comment I on 'Ecology and the Critique of Modern Society'," by Herbert Marcuse, Capitalism, Nature, Socialism, Sept. 1992, pp. 38-40.

"Commenti a Herbert Marcuse: I," Capitalismo Natura Socialismo, Dec. 1992, pp. 57-58.

11. Review of Tom Rockmore, Irrationalism, in Ethics, July, 1993, p. 862.

12. Review of Carol Gould (ed.), The Information Web, in Minds and Machines, 5: 1995, pp. 138-142.

13. "Technology, Democracy, and Culture," TMV Working Paper no. 71, 1994.

14. Review of Lorenzo Simpson, Technology, Time, and the Conversations of Modernity, in American Journal of Sociology, 101:4, January 1996, pp. 1156-1157.

15. Review of Moishe Postone, Time Labor, and Social Domination, in Theory and Society, 25/4, 1996, pp. 607-611.

16. "Heidegger, Habermas, and the Essence of Technology," Special Studies Series of the Center for Science & Technology Policy and Ethics, Texas A&M University, 1997.

17. "Sandra Harding's Is Science Multicultural? On Bridging the Gap Between Science and Technology Studies," Science, Technology, and Human Values, vol. 24, no. 4, 1999, pp. 483-494.

18. "A Fresh Look at Lukács: on Steven Vogel's Against Nature," Rethinking Marxism, Winter 1999, pp. 84-92.
"Dialektischer Konstructivismus: Zur Actualitat von Lukáczs' Konzept der    transformierenden Praxis," Jahrbuch der Internationalen Georg-Lukács-Gesellschaft, F. Benseler and W. Jung, eds., 1998/99, 52-63.

19. "Civilizational Politics and Dissenting Individuals: A Comment on Martin Matustik's Specters of Liberation," Radical Philosophy Review, forthcoming 2000.

20. "Constructivism and Technology Critique: Response to Critics," Inquiry, forthcoming 2000.

21. "Do We Need a Critical Theory of Technology? Reply to Tyler Veak," Science, Technology, and Human Values, Spring 2000, 238-242..

22. "Will the Real Posthuman Please Stand Up! A Response to Fernando Elichirigoity,   Social Studies of Science 30/1 (February 2000), 151-157.

23. "Response to Critics," Radical Philosophy Review, forthcoming 2000.

24.  "The Ontic and the Ontological in Heidegger's Philosophy of Technology: Response to Thomson," Inquiry, forthcoming, Dec. 2000.

25. "Democratizing Technology: Interests, Codes, Rights: Reply to Doppelt," The Journal of Ethics, forthcoming.

26. “The Changing Debate over Online Education,” AFT On Campus, April 2001, p. 12.

27. “Preface to the Chinese edition,” in the Chinese translation of Alternative Modernity, China Social Sciences Press, forthcoming 2002.

“Daitaisuru 'kindai' tyuugokugo ban heno zyobun,” in Archive for Philosophy and History of Science, Journal of the Department of Philosophy and History of Science, University of Tokyo, no. 4, 2002, pp. 1-19.

 

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