Del 0 - Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook

Technology, Pessimism, and Postmodernism

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvYaron Ezrahi,E. Mendelsohn,Howard Segal,Everett Mendelsohn

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" Such pessimism, he continued, "is fed by growing doubts about soci ety's ability to rein in the seemingly runaway forces of technology, though the participants conceded that in many instances technology was more the symbol than the substance of the problem.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-10-20
Mått152 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt334 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSociology of the Sciences Yearbook
Antal sidor218
FörlagSpringer
ISBN9789401043793

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Technology, Pessimism, and Postmodernism: Introduction.- The Idea of “Technology” and Postmodern Pessimism.- Technology and the Illusion of the Escape from Politics.- Joseph Glanvill’s Plus Ultra and Beyond: Or How to Delay the Rise of Modern Science.- A Victorian Thunderstorm: Lightning Protection and Technological Pessimism in the Nineteenth Century.- When Bad Things Happen to Good Technologies: Three Phases in the Diffusion and Perception of American Telegraphy.- On the Notion of Technology as Ideology: Prospects.- Belated Pessimism: Technology and Twentieth Century German Conservative Intellectuals.- Time and Technology in Heidegger’s Thought.- The Politics of Pessimism: Science and Technology Circa 1968.- The Cultural Contradictions of High Tech: Or the Many Ironies of Contemporary Technological Optimism.