What's going on instead is more interesting than that, or than mere nostalgia or even some strain of reactionary
Luddism.
The conflict between capital and labor is therefore reduced to its primitive Manichean opposition and to forms of
luddism that were never part of Gramsci's vision.
The inaugural Luddite Memorial Lecture, on Thursday, January 16, will be on
Luddism through the Chartist LooKing Glass: Shirley and the Modernisation of Popular Protest.
Aside from a general interest in North American and British history, her research interests include: the early history of machine-made lace,
Luddism, Charles Goodyear, genetics and microbiology, psychiatric medications/treatments, 16th century dance, and 15th to 19th century clothing.
They strike a middle-ground between naive techno-utopianism and crass
Luddism, considering the rise and fall of radio, modern recording fidelity, problems associated with constant upgrades, musical authenticity, musical dynamics vs.
4) Finally, Thompson provides a uniquely insightful appreciation of
Luddism which, as a mobilization, was "not about looking backward but about a notion of democracy and ethnical priorities in production.
The king's extravagance, his mistresses, decades of scandal surrounding him and his brothers, his failure to maintain his youthful support for political and institutional reform, recent economic distress, rioting,
Luddism, the 'Peterloo Massacre', and demands for Catholic emancipation--these events seemed to culminate in what was seen as a glaring instance of court government's exploitation of women, now a symbol for many vocal but powerless groups in society.
from being a species of statistical
Luddism, may be actually correct.
From air-conditioning to computers to a variety of other communications gear and high-tech weaponry, there is little
Luddism among Muslims.
Likewise, although Specter supports industry, he is pragmatic and does not put himself in a cheerleader role, instead acknowledging corporate culpability in driving and perpetuating denialism: "Corporations, wrapping themselves in the mantle of progress but all too often propelled by greed, have done more than religion or even
Luddism to inflame denialists and raise doubts about the objectivity of science.
Explicit in Schnapp's framing of the exhibition--and in the multiauthored catalogue-cum-reader that accompanies the show--is a critical questioning of the beauty of speed, now vexed by the cost of progress: Our cultural
Luddism increasingly poses slow food against fast, "mindfulness" against Benjaminian distraction, and reflection in place of "blink" decisions.
Dinwiddy, From
Luddism to the First Reform Bill: Reform in England 1810-1832 (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1986), p.
