Cutcliffe / Mitcham Visions of STS

Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-9112-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society

Maps interconnections between science, technology, and society in order to understand both benefits and costs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cutcliffe, Stephen H.

Mitcham, Carl

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Visionary Challenges of STS Part I. General Perspectives 1. Where Technological Determinism Went
Langdon Winner 2. Understanding Technological Culture through a Constructivist View of Science, Technology, and Society
Wiebe E. Bijker 3. Three Perspectives in STS in the Policy Context
Lars Fuglsang 4. Making Disciplines Disappear in STS
Susan E. Cozzens Part II. Applications 5. An STS Perspective on Technology and Work
Rudi Volti 6. Science-Technology-Society and Education: A Focus on Learning and How Persons Know
Robert E. Yager 7. STS from a Policy Perspective
Albert H. Teich Part III. Critiques 8. STS on Other Planets
Richard E. Sclove 9. Gender: The Missing Factor in STS
Eulalia Perez Sedeno 10. Postmodern Production and STS Studies: A Revolution Ignored
Wilhelm E. Fedpucker, S.J. Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen H. Cutcliffe is Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Lehigh University and coeditor of Technology and the West and Technology and American History. Carl Mitcham is Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at Colorado School of Mines and author of Thinking through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy.