Kroker, Arthur. The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism. Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Marx.(Book Review)

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KROKER, Arthur. The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism. Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Marx. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. vii + 228 pp. Cloth, $50.00; paper, $24.95--This is the first volume in a series called "Digital Futures," edited by Marilouise Kroker, the author's wife, and the author, who teaches in the Political Science Department at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. The text consists of two related parts of unequal length: "The Culture of ...

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