The political theory of technological change
Lessons from the liberalism-ecologism debate
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6353355 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Keary (0000-0001-6702-0661) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 155-172 |
| Publication date | 2024-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02633957231173371 |
| OpenAlex | W4377041087 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 38 |
Little consideration has been given to the process of technological change in political theory. Given that ideas about this process play an important role in many strands of normative political thought, and are especially crucial to climate change politics, this is a remarkable oversight. It risks political theory being irrelevant to climate change mitigation. The implications of this oversight for political theory are explored here through an analysis of the liberalism-ecologism debate. The article argues that attempts to green liberalism – to move it beyond environmentalism – cannot succeed while liberalism is silent about technological change. More broadly, given that most political theory traditions make claims about technological change, claims crucial to their worldviews and normative goals, it argues that much more theorisation of the concept is necessary. Especially now that they shape how the world understands climate change mitigation, contests over the meaning of technological change are intensely political contests. Political theory needs to get much more involved
Classical liberalism · Climate change · Economics · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Epistemology · Law and economics · Liberalism · Meaning (existential · Normative · Political economy · Political economy of climate change · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Sociology · Climate Change and Geoengineering · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Law · Philosophy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change
Technics and Time, 1
IX.—Essentially Contested Concepts
How to be a Green Liberal
Green Political Thought
The Green State
In defence of degrowth
Growth, degrowth and climate change
An extension of Rawls’s theory of justice for climate change
Rawls and climate change
In defense of the duty to assist
Come as you are? Public Reason and Climate Change
Is Green Growth Possible
Debate - Liberalism is Always Green on the Other Side of the Mill. A Reply to Piers Stephens
What Should the 'Political' in Political Theory Explore
Conditional probabilistic estimates of 21st century greenhouse gas emissions based on the storylines of the IPCC-SRES scenarios
Global Climate Change Justice
John Rawls and Climate Justice
Autonomous Technology
Localised and Biased Technologies
The Technological Society
IV. Liberalism and the Postulate of Scarcity
How can Political Liberals be Environmentalists
Beyond Ideal Theory
A green theory of technological change
Rawlsian Ethics of Climate Change
Research On Degrowth
Debate - Green Liberalisms
Engineering Compassion
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |