Mikael Hård, Andrew Jamison

Hubris and Hybrids (eBook, ePUB)

A Cultural History of Technology and Science

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Human societies have not always taken on new technology in appropriate ways. Innovations are double-edged swords that transform relationships among people, as well as between human societies and the natural world. Only through successful cultural appropriation can we manage to control the hubris that is fundamental to the innovative, enterprising human spirit; and only by becoming hybrids, combining the human and the technological, will we be able to make effective use of our scientific and technological achievements.This broad cultural history of technology and science provides a range of stories and reflections about the past, discussing areas such as film, industrial design, and alternative environmental technologies, and including not only European and North American, but also Asian examples, to help resolve the contradictions of contemporary high-tech civilization.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136729324
• Artikelnr.: 39911960

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