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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction which came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. It is often associated with cyberpunk and shares a similar fanbase and theme of rebellion, but developed as a separate movement (though both have considerable influence on each other). Apart from time period, the main difference between cyberpunk and steampunk is that steampunk settings tend to be less obviously dystopian.
member of the organized bands of 19th-century English handicraftsmen who rioted for the destruction of the textile machinery that was displacing them. The movement began in the vicinity of Nottingham toward the end of 1811 and in the next year spread to Yorkshire, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Leicestershire.
The “Ludds,” or Luddites, were generally masked and operated at night. Their leader, real or imaginary, was known as King Ludd, after a probably mythical Ned Ludd. They eschewed violence against persons and often enjoyed local support. In 1812 a band of Luddites was shot down under the orders of a threatened employer named Horsfall (who was afterward murdered in reprisal). The government of Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd earl of Liverpool, instituted severe repressive measures culminating in a mass trial at York in 1813, which resulted in many hangings and transportations. Similar rioting in 1816 was caused by the depression that followed the Napoleonic Wars; but the movement was soon ended by vigorous repression and reviving prosperity.
The term Luddite is now used broadly to signify individuals or groups opposed to technological change.
An essay by Thomas Pynchon
| Is it O.K. to be a Luddite?
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The New York Times Book Review
28 October 1984, pp. 1, 40-41. |
| Anarcho-primitivism is an anarchist critique of the origins and progress of civilization. Primitivists argue that the shift from hunter-gatherer to agricultural subsistence gave rise to social stratification, coercion, and alienation. They advocate a return to non-"civilized" ways of life through deindustrialisation, abolition of division of labour or specialization, and abandonment of technology. There are, however, numerous other non-anarchist forms of primitivism, and not all primitivists point to the same phenomenon as the source of modern, civilized problems. Some, like Theodore Kaczynski, see the Industrial Revolution as the essential problem, while others point to various developments in history such as monotheism, writing, the use of metal tools, etc. |
On Neo-Luddites
Unlike anarcho-primitivists, someone labelled a Neo-Luddite might not consider technology itself to be evil. They may believe that it influences human nature in a way that promotes evil actions, or simply be skeptical or afraid of the benefits of rapid technological progress. Someone labeled a Neo-luddite may claim that technology is a force that is doing or may do any or all of the following: dehumanise and alienate people; destroy traditional cultures, societies, and family structure; pollute languages; reduce the need for person-to-person contact; alter the very definition of what it means to be human; or damage the evolved life-support systems of the Earth's entire biosphere so gravely as to cause human extinction.
Kirkpatrick Sale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kirkpatrick Sale is an author, technology critic, self-proclaimed neo-luddite [1]) and tax resister.
In 1995, Sale made a public bet with Kevin Kelly that by the year 2020 there would be a convergence of three disasters: global currency collapse, significant warfare between rich and poor, and environmental disasters of some significant size. The bet was turned into a claim on the FX prediction market, where the probability has hovered around 25%.
Issue 3.06 -
Jun 1995
Interview with the Luddite
Kirkpatrick Sale is a leader of the Neo-Luddites. Wired's Kevin Kelly wrote the book on neo-biological technology. Food fight, anyone?
By Kevin Kelly
Interview--Kirkpatrick Sale
Kirkpatrick Sale is the author of Rebels Against the Future, a remarkable and extremely readable history of Luddism. If you're looking for an intelligent and sympathetic account of the Luddites, with insightful parallels between their troubled time and our own, look no further.
Kirkpatrick Sale has considered himself an anarchocommunalist since 1965. Once an ardent admirer of Murray Bookchin, his current viewpoints are, in my opinion, deeper and more profoundly radical, while Bookchin's perspective
gradually retreats towards his own vision of "The Left That Was."
Five Facets of a Myth
Kirkpatrick Sale
I can remember vividly sitting at the dinner table arguing
with my father about progress, using upon him all the experience and
wisdom I had gathered at the age of fifteen. Of course we live in an era
of progress, I said, just look at cars -- how clumsy and unreliable and
slow they were in the old days, how sleek and efficient and speedy they
are now.
Luddites in WorldCat - 180 books
Neo-luddites in WorldCat - 6 hits
Against the Machine: The Hidden Luddite Tradition in Literature, Art, and Individual Lives
| Type |
Book |
| Author |
Nicols Fox |
| Place |
Washington, DC |
| Publisher |
Island Press/Shearwater Books |
| Date |
2002 |
| Pages |
405 |
| ISBN |
1559638605 |
| Call Number |
T14.5 .F66 2002 |
| Repository |
librus.hccs.edu Library Catalog |
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Tags
- Luddites
- Social aspects
- Technology
- Technology and civilization
Notes
Alternatives to change.(Editor's Notebook)(the futility of resisting technological change)(Editorial)
| Type |
Journal Article |
| Author |
James A. Barnes |
| Publication |
(Editor's Notebook)(the futility of resisting technological change)(Editorial) |
| Volume |
94 |
| Issue |
2 |
| Pages |
3(1) |
| Date |
March 01, 1999 |
| ISSN |
0008-4379 |
| Repository |
InfoTrac OneFile |
| URL |
http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?
&contentSet=IAC-Documents&… |
| Accessed |
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Tags
- Luddites
- Science and technology policy
- Social aspects
- Technology
- United States
Attachments
- InfoTrac OneFile Full Text (HTML)
EBSCOhost
InfoTrac OneFile Full Text (HTML)
LOW-TECH CHIC.
| Type |
Journal Article |
| Author |
Ryan Bigge |
| Publication |
Maclean's |
| Volume |
118 |
| Issue |
31/32 |
| Pages |
59 |
| Date |
2005 |
| DOI |
Article |
| ISSN |
00249262 |
| Repository |
EBSCOhost |
| URL |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=aph&… |
| Accessed |
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| Extra |
This article discusses the Luddite movement. New is gee-whiz nifty and shiny, but it isn't always faster, better or cheaper. This epiphany forms the philosophical impetus of an emerging group of techno-skeptics: call them modern Luddites. Where the original Luddites smashed English cotton mills, modern ones like Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of MIT's Media Labs, prefer to espouse the merits of appropriate technology. Modern Luddites have learned to speak softly lest they be labelled "laggards" -- communication scholar Everett Rogers's term for the technologically stubborn. In his seminal book, Diffusion of Innovations, Rogers describes five different groups responsible for how new gadgets trickle through society: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and, last and least, laggards. Despite numerous virtues, being a modern Luddite isn't always cheap. Any dollar store will sell you a notebook, but the au courant Moleskine-brand journal, purported to be the idea receptacle of choice for Hemingway and Breton, costs 10 times as much. Of course, not being enslaved by technology is a status symbol. |
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Tags
- backburner
- COMMUNICATION
- CULTURAL lag
- CULTURE diffusion
- DIFFUSION of innovations
- LUDDITES
- NEGROPONTE, Nicholas
- SOCIAL change
- TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
- TECHNOLOGY
Notes
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This article discusses the Luddite movement. New is gee-whiz nifty and shiny, but it isn't always faster, better or cheaper. This epiphany forms the philosophical impetus of an emerging group of techno-skeptics: call them modern Luddites. Where the original Luddites smashed English cotton mills, modern ones like Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of MIT's Media Labs, prefer to espouse the merits of appropriate technology. Modern Luddites have learned to speak softly lest they be labelled "laggards" -- communication scholar Everett Rogers's term for the technologically stubborn. In his seminal book, Diffusion of Innovations, Rogers describes five different groups responsible for how new gadgets trickle through society: innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and, last and least, laggards. Despite numerous virtues, being a modern Luddite isn't always cheap. Any dollar store will sell you a notebook, but the au courant Moleskine-brand journal, purported to be the idea receptacle of choice for Hemingway and Breton, costs 10 times as much. Of course, not being enslaved by technology is a status symbol.
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Probably not really related to the project, but still pretty interesting. Backburner reading.
Attachments
Listening to the Luddites: "the overwhelming impact of technology on our lives--and the certainty of its increase--require that we have a systemic approach to technology assessment." (American Thought).
Tags
- Analysis
- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
- Labor relations
- Luddites
- Social aspects
- Technological innovations
- United States
Attachments
- InfoTrac OneFile Full Text (HTML)
Loom and doom.
| Type |
Journal Article |
| Author |
Duncan Graham-Rowe |
| Publication |
New Scientist |
| Volume |
182 |
| Issue |
2447 |
| Pages |
49 |
| Date |
May 15, 2004 |
| DOI |
Article |
| ISSN |
02624079 |
| Repository |
EBSCOhost |
| URL |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=aph&… |
| Accessed |
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:04:45 PM |
| Extra |
For Hal Hellman, "Great Feuds in Technology" was a natural choice to follow the success of his "Great Feuds in Science and Medicine." In 10 lively and compelling tales Hellman covers it all. In the beginning was the mythical Ned Ludd and his merry band of Luddites, battling it out with the machinations of the textile industry. The book is an insightful reminder of how selective history can be, and fickle even--with names like the Wright brothers surviving the passage of time, while key players like Glenn H. Curtiss are remembered only by the geeks and anoraks. Hellman also offers a glimmer of hope to the technophile dismayed by modern day Luddism. He reminds that technology has always had an uphill struggle. |
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| Modified |
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Tags
- GREAT Feuds in Technology (Book)
- HELLMAN, Hal
- LUDDITES
- TECHNOLOGY
- TEXTILE industry
Notes
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For Hal Hellman, "Great Feuds in Technology" was a natural choice to follow the success of his "Great Feuds in Science and Medicine." In 10 lively and compelling tales Hellman covers it all. In the beginning was the mythical Ned Ludd and his merry band of Luddites, battling it out with the machinations of the textile industry. The book is an insightful reminder of how selective history can be, and fickle even--with names like the Wright brothers surviving the passage of time, while key players like Glenn H. Curtiss are remembered only by the geeks and anoraks. Hellman also offers a glimmer of hope to the technophile dismayed by modern day Luddism. He reminds that technology has always had an uphill struggle.
Attachments
| Type |
Note |
| Date Added |
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Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Cheap-Tech Guru," in the June 7, 2004 issue.
Luddites in White Coats?
| Type |
Book |
| Author |
Joel Fisher |
| Volume |
174 |
| Publisher |
Forbes Inc. |
| Date |
July 05, 2004 |
| Pages |
28 |
| ISBN |
00156914 |
| Repository |
EBSCOhost |
| URL |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=aph&… |
| Accessed |
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:04:44 PM |
| Extra |
Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Cheap-Tech Guru," in the June 7, 2004 issue. |
| Date Added |
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| Modified |
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Tags
- Employment
- HIGH technology industries
- LETTERS to the editor
Notes
Attachments
Rage Against the Machines.
Tags
- Associations
- Demographic aspects
- Demonstrations
- Economic aspects
- International Forum on Globalization
- International trade
- Luddites
- Media coverage
- Political activity
- Religious institutions
- Religious organizations
- United Kingdom
- Working class
Attachments
- InfoTrac OneFile Full Text (HTML)
The Keep.
| Type |
Journal Article |
| Publication |
Publishers Weekly |
| Volume |
253 |
| Issue |
14 |
| Pages |
34 |
| Date |
April 03, 2006 |
| DOI |
Book Review |
| ISSN |
00000019 |
| Repository |
EBSCOhost |
| URL |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=aph&… |
| Accessed |
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:51:50 PM |
| Extra |
This article reviews the book "The Keep," by Jennifer Egan. |
| Date Added |
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Tags
- backburner
- BOOKS -- Reviews
- EGAN, Jennifer
- FICTION
- KEEP, The (Book)
- LUDDITES
Notes
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This article reviews the book "The Keep," by Jennifer Egan.
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Heard about this book - though I'm not sure it's relevant. Backburner!
| Type |
Note |
| Date Added |
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This article reviews the book "The Keep," by Jennifer Egan.
| Type |
Note |
| Date Added |
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Heard about this book - though I'm not sure it's relevant. Backburner!
The Luddite Rebellion
| Type |
Book |
| Author |
Brian J. Bailey |
| Place |
New York |
| Publisher |
New York University Press |
| Date |
1998 |
| Pages |
182 |
| ISBN |
0814713351 |
| Call Number |
DA535 .B35 1998 |
| Repository |
librus.hccs.edu Library Catalog |
| Date Added |
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| Modified |
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Tags
- 1789-1820
- 19th century
- England
- Great Britain
- History
- Luddites
- Regency
- Riots
- Sabotage in the workplace
- Textile workers
The Technophobes.(trying to resist technology)
| Type |
Journal Article |
| Author |
Dan Seligman |
| Publication |
(trying to resist technology) |
| Volume |
170 |
| Issue |
13 |
| Pages |
114 |
| Date |
December 23, 2002 |
| ISSN |
0015-6914 |
| Repository |
InfoTrac OneFile |
| URL |
http://find.galegroup.com/itx/infomark.do?
&contentSet=IAC-Documents&… |
| Accessed |
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 11:07:32 PM |
| Date Added |
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| Modified |
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Tags
- Analysis
- Business creativity
- History
- Labor activists
- Labor leaders
- Luddites
- Science and technology policy
- Social aspects
- Social policy
- Technology
Attachments
- InfoTrac OneFile Full Text (HTML)
Why the Web Is Hitting a Wall.
| Type |
Journal Article |
| Author |
Roger O. Crockett |
| Publication |
Business Week |
| Issue |
3976 |
| Pages |
90-92 |
| Date |
March 20, 2006 |
| DOI |
Article |
| ISSN |
00077135 |
| Repository |
EBSCOhost |
| URL |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=aph&… |
| Accessed |
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:51:09 PM |
| Extra |
The article discusses why Internet growth in the United States has slowed. A growing number of Americans are refusing to use the Internet, believing that its drawbacks outweigh the benefits. The reasons people avoid the Internet include fear of viruses that could destroy computers, online scams, and the high cost of the initial setup. |
| Date Added |
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| Modified |
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Tags
- INTERNET industry
- LUDDITES
- ROGERS, John W., Jr.
- TECHNOLOGICAL forecasting
- UNITED States
Notes
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The article discusses why Internet growth in the United States has slowed. A growing number of Americans are refusing to use the Internet, believing that its drawbacks outweigh the benefits. The reasons people avoid the Internet include fear of viruses that could destroy computers, online scams, and the high cost of the initial setup.
Writings of the Luddites.
| Type |
Journal Article |
| Author |
James Jaffe |
| Publication |
Technology & Culture |
| Volume |
47 |
| Issue |
1 |
| Pages |
195-196 |
| Date |
January 2006 |
| DOI |
Book Review |
| ISSN |
0040165X |
| Repository |
EBSCOhost |
| URL |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=aph&… |
| Accessed |
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 10:51:09 PM |
| Extra |
Reviews the book "Writings of the Luddites," edited by Kevin Binfield. |
| Date Added |
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| Modified |
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Tags
- BINFIELD, Kevin
- BOOKS -- Reviews
- LUDDITES
- NONFICTION
- WRITINGS of the Luddites (Book)
Notes
| Type |
Note |
| Date Added |
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| Modified |
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A beginning for my research into Luddites, old and new.
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Note |
| Date Added |
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Reviews the book "Writings of the Luddites," edited by Kevin Binfield.
We can also just type in a note!
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