Fixations, Charismatic technologies and the perennial enthusiasm of techno-solutionism

Authors

  • Juan M. del Nido University of Cambridge

Abstract

Works Reviewed:

 

Disruptive Fixation: School Reform and the Pitfalls of Techno-Idealism, by Christo Sims, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017, 232 pp., $27.95 (paperback),

ISBN: 9780691163994

 

The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop Per Child, by Morgan Ames, 328 pp., Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2019, $35.00 (paperback), ISBN: 9780262537445

Author Biography

Juan M. del Nido, University of Cambridge

Philomathia Postdoctoral Research Associate
Max Planck Cambridge Centre for Ethics, Economy and Social Change
University of Cambridge

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Published

2021-06-14

Issue

Vol 7, No 1 (2021)

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Review Article

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