DOES TECHNOLOGY DEPRIVE US OF WORK? TECHNOLOGY-RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT IN AN ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY

• Authors: Afeltowicz L.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The impact of technological innovations on employment is widely discussed. Debates related to the question of the so-called technology-related unemployment have lasted since the beginning of the 19th century, however, many of its aspects escape economic reflection. Drawing on the Actor-Network theory, the author will point to the processes linked to technology-related unemployment which remain beyond the reach of economics. Starting with the particular conceptions of modernity present in the Actor-Network theory, the author will prove that it is not only technology (as the economic conception of technology-related unemployment implies) but rather a coincidence of social and technological factors that leads to marginalization of people in production and services networks.

Keywords

EN

ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY; TECHNOLOGY-RELATED UNEMPLOYMENT

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Studia Socjologiczne
• Year: 2007
• Issue: 1(184)
• Pages: 107-126
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Afeltowicz L.

• L. Afeltowicz, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Instytut Filozofii, ul. Fosa Staromiejska 1a, 87-100 Torun, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07PLAAAA02445087