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Social Epistemology
A Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Policy
Volume 22, 2008 - Issue 1: Critical Approaches to Technology
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From Critical Theory of Technology to the Rational Critique of Rationality

Pages 5-28 | Published online: 30 Jan 2008

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