"Information Technology and the Dream of Democratic Renewal" is the title of the next Hamilton College Levitt Center lecture in its year-long series, "The Age of Information." Langdon Winner, the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will present his talk on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kennedy Science Auditorium in the college's Science Center. The program is free and open to the public.
Winner, a political theorist, focuses his work on social and political issues that surround modern technological change. He has been praised by The Wall Street Journal as "the leading academic on the politics of technology." Winner is past president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. Additionally, he was contributing editor at Rolling Stone in the late 1960s and early 1970s and has contributed articles on rock-and-roll music to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and The Encylopaedia Britannica. His courses at RPI include "Technology and the Human Prospect," "Contemporary Political Thought," "Race and Technology," "Technology and Social Theory," and "Law, Values and Public Policy."
In addition to Winner's teaching responsibilities, he serves as co-director of the Center for Cultural Design at RPI. He is the author of numerous books and articles on social, political and environmental issues, and his views on these topics appear regularly in Tech Knowledge Revue, published in the on-line journal "NetFuture." He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Hamilton's Levitt Center is committed to creating opportunities for students to become involved in public affairs. The center contributes to the community through its speakers' series, research projects, surveys and collaborative efforts with local agencies. All events are free and open to the public. For further information, call 315-859-4451 or e-mail stopi@hamilton.edu.
Winner, a political theorist, focuses his work on social and political issues that surround modern technological change. He has been praised by The Wall Street Journal as "the leading academic on the politics of technology." Winner is past president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. Additionally, he was contributing editor at Rolling Stone in the late 1960s and early 1970s and has contributed articles on rock-and-roll music to The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and The Encylopaedia Britannica. His courses at RPI include "Technology and the Human Prospect," "Contemporary Political Thought," "Race and Technology," "Technology and Social Theory," and "Law, Values and Public Policy."
In addition to Winner's teaching responsibilities, he serves as co-director of the Center for Cultural Design at RPI. He is the author of numerous books and articles on social, political and environmental issues, and his views on these topics appear regularly in Tech Knowledge Revue, published in the on-line journal "NetFuture." He received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Berkeley.
Hamilton's Levitt Center is committed to creating opportunities for students to become involved in public affairs. The center contributes to the community through its speakers' series, research projects, surveys and collaborative efforts with local agencies. All events are free and open to the public. For further information, call 315-859-4451 or e-mail stopi@hamilton.edu.
