Mikael Hård, Andrew Jamison

Hubris and Hybrids

A Cultural History of Technology and Science

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780415949385
• ISBN-10: 0415949386
• Artikelnr.: 21657913

Autorenporträt

Mikael Hård is Professor of the History of Technology at the Technical University Darmstadt Scloss in Germany. Andrew Jamison is Professor of Technology and Society at Aalborg University in Denmark. Visit Professor Jamison's website at www.plan.aau.dk/~andy

Inhaltsangabe

Selected Contents: Introduction Part One: The Roots of Techno-science 1.
The Scientific Reformation in Early Modern Europe 2.The Industrial
Transformation 3. The Sites of Enlightenment and Innovation Part Two: The
Machine in the Mind 4. Technocrats and their Critics 5. Eastern Minds Take
on the Western Juggernaut 6. Artistic Appropriations from Morris to the
Matrix Part Three: Machines and Knowledge in Action 7. Mobility Mania and
its Material Manifestations 8. The Cultural Forms of Communication and
Information 9. Public Works, Public Health, and Personal Hygiene Part Four:
Coping With Technoscience 10. Making Technoscience Politically Accountable
11. From Appropriate Technology to Green Business 12. Conclusion