Time, Science and the Critique of Technological Reason

José Esteban Castro is Principal Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET), Argentina, and Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK.Bridget Fowler is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Glasgow, UK.Luís Gomes is University Lecturer in Portuguese Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK.

• 1. Introduction; Bridget Fowler .- Section 1: In Celebration of the Writings of Hermínio Martins .- 2. Hermínio Martins and the State of the Social Sciences; Helena Jerónimo .- 3. Memoirs of his Widow; Margaret Martins .- 4. Hermínio Martins: Memoir of a Colleague; Roland Robertson .- 5. Alternatives to Physicalism: Memoirs of a Friend; Peter Ells .- 6. Hermínio Martins at Leeds: A Personal Memoir; Leslie Sklair .- Section 2: Thomas Kuhn and the Theory of Scientific Revolutions .- 7. Kuhn and Social Science; William Outhwaite .- 8. Revolutions in the Science and Art: Martins, Bourdieu and the Case of Photography; Bridget Fowler .- Section 3: Patrimonialism and Social Development in Portugal .- 9. Cultural Identity of the Non-Spain: A Case Study of the Cultural Policies of the Portuguese Estado Novo (‘New State’); Luís Gomes .- Section 4: Social Structures and the Techn-Scientific Ethos: The Approach From Sociological Theory .- 10. Hermínio Martins' Philosophical Sociology of Technology: A Short Introduction; José Luís Garcia .- 11. Time and Tide in Sociology; Charles Turner .- 12. Transhumanism's Fabian Backstory: A Companion to Martins' Later Work; Steve Fuller .- 13. Liminal Contexts and Critical Insights: The Cases of McLuhan and Debray; Peter McMylor .- 14. Karl Marx: New Perspectives; Richard Kilminster .- 15. The 'Modelling of Speech' in America and Britain; Stephen Mennell .- 16. The '68 Disobedient Generation' and the Rise of ChiVirLa; Mike Gane .- 17. The Information Revolution and its Implications for Democracy; Laurence Whitehead .- 18. Thinking About Think Tanks: Politics by Techno-Scientific Means; Stephen Turner.