Norm Friesen has an article published in Ubiquity. He first sketches aspects of critical theory - the subjects of emacipatory criticism are "ideological positions and arguments [that] are elevated to (false) principles of humanity... when they eliminate even the slightest hint of reflection or doubt." From this perspective, he then looks at the "myth of the knowledge economy." He writes, "beneath the simplicity of the slogans about the "knowledge economy" and its imperatives for educational change, lurk socio-economic developments that are fraught with contestation between economic classes and clashing political interests." Friesen wants us to understand technology "as a scene of struggle rather than as a destiny or fait accompli." See also Arun Kumar Tripathi's review of Andrew Feenberg' Critical Theory and Democratization of Technologies.
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