Power and Technology

In this thoughtful and intelligent book, Sattarov develops a comprehensive framework for understanding the relationship between power and algorithms. The nuanced approach to power taken here allows for an understanding of many relationships between power and algorithms rather than a simple, essentialist view of algorithmic power. This approach offers an invaluable contribution to understanding power in our algorithm-infused world. -- Leighton Evans, Undergraduate Programme Director, Media Studies, Swansea University
Sattorov's empirically grounded inter-disciplinary work sheds much needed light on the dynamics of power and provides us with the tools that will enable us to better grapple with the illusions of democratization and empowerment that often surround discourses on new technologies, innovation and intelligent machines. The distinctions he provides and the narratives he weaves into his thesis will provide a solid foundation for much needed research on the hidden resistances of power and the dangers of uncritically embracing technological solutionism. -- Joseph Savirimuthu, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool
With his conceptual analysis of the nexus between technology and power, Faridun Sattarov has contributed to addressing what is most certainly one of the most urgent topics of our time. A convincing argument for a pluralist approach to power and a must read for philosophers of technology. -- Mark Coeckelbergh, Professor of the Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna
"The most thorough treatment to date of the important issue of the relation between technology and power" -- Andrew Feenberg, Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology, Simon Fraser University