How Long to Read The Power of the Machine

How Long Does it Take to Read The Power of the Machine?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read The Power of the Machine by Alf Hornborg

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Hornborg argues that we are caught in a collective illusion about the nature of modern technology that prevents us from imagining solutions to our economic and environmental crises other than technocratic fixes. He demonstrates how the power of the machine generates increasingly asymmetrical exchanges and distribution of resources and risks between distant populations and ecosystems, and thus an increasingly polarized world order. The author challenges us to reconceptualize the machine-"industrial technomass"-as a species of power and a problem of culture. He shows how economic anthropology has the tools to deconstruct the concepts of production, money capital, and market exchange, and to analyze capital accumulation as a problem at the very interface of the natural and social sciences. His analysis provides an alternative understanding of economic growth and technological development. Hornborg's work is essential for researchers in anthropology, human ecology, economics, political economy, world-systems theory, environmental justice, and science and technology studies. Find out more about the author at the Lund University, Sweden web site.

How long is The Power of the Machine?

The Power of the Machine by Alf Hornborg is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Power of the Machine Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read The Power of the Machine aloud.

What Reading Level is The Power of the Machine?

The Power of the Machine is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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