Technology and Society: Building Our Sociotechnical Future

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-262-60073-6
Verlag: MIT PR

Buch, Englisch, 639 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 1016 g

Reihe: Inside Technology (Paperback)

An anthology of writings by thinkers ranging from Freeman Dyson to Bruno Latour that focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values and how these may affect the future. Technological change does not happen in a vacuum; decisions about which technologies to develop, fund, market, and use engage ideas about values as well as calculations of costs and benefits. This anthology focuses on the interconnections of technology, society, and values. It offers writings by authorities as varied as Freeman Dyson, Laurence Lessig, Bruno Latour, and Judy Wajcman that will introduce readers to recent thinking about technology and provide them with conceptual tools, a theoretical framework, and knowledge to help understand how technology shapes society and how society shapes technology. It offers readers a new perspective on such current issues as globalization, the balance between security and privacy, environmental justice, and poverty in the developing world. The careful ordering of the selections and the editors' introductions give Technology and Society a coherence and flow that is unusual in anthologies. The book is suitable for use in undergraduate courses in STS and other disciplines. The selections begin with predictions of the future that range from forecasts of technological utopia to cautionary tales. These are followed by writings that explore the complexity of sociotechnical systems, presenting a picture of how technology and society work in step, shaping and being shaped by one another. Finally, the book goes back to considerations of the future, discussing twenty-first-century challenges that include nanotechnology, the role of citizens in technological decisions, and the technologies of human enhancement.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Deborah G.

Wetmore, Jameson M.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dyson, Freeman J.

Fukuyama, Francis

Forster, E.M.

Welin, Stellan

Joy, Bill

Heilbroner, Robert L.

Pinch, Trevor

Bijker, Wiebe E.

Hughes, Thomas Parke

Latour, Bruno

Lessig, Lawrence

Hopkins, Patrick D.

Winner, Langdon

Ritzer, George

Dyer, Richard

Weber, Rachel

Sarewitz, Daniel

Wetmore, Jameson M.

McCray, W. Patrick

Vinck, Dominique

Collins, Harold

Gomez, M. Carme Alemany

Pollock, John L.

Chapman, Gary

Wajcman, Judy

Salamanca-Buentello, Fabio

Invernizzi, Noela

Phadke, Roopali

Schneier, Bruce

Monahan, Torin

Elliott, David

Shrader-Frechette, Kristin S.

Bess, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technologie: Soziale & Ethische Aspekte

Über Autor(innen)

Bijker, Wiebe E.
Wiebe E. Bijker is Professor at Maastricht University and the author of Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change (MIT Press) and other books.

Hughes, Thomas Parke
Thomas P. Hughes is Professor of the History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania.

Wajcman, Judy
Judy Wajcman is Professor of Sociology in the Demography and Sociology Program at Australia National University.

Winner, Langdon
Langdon Winner is the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

McCray, W. Patrick
W. Patrick McCray, Professor in the History Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the author of four other books, including the prize-winning The Visioneers.

Wetmore, Jameson M.
Jameson M. Wetmore is Assistant Professor at the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes and the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.

Sarewitz, Daniel
Daniel Sarewitz is Professor of Science and Society and Cofounder and Codirector of the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes at Arizona State University and the author of Frontiers of Illusion.

Pinch, Trevor
Trevor Pinch is Goldwin Smith Professor of Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University and coeditor of The Social Construction of Technological Systems: New Directions in the Sociology and History of Technology (anniversary edition, MIT Press).

Wetmore, Jameson M.
Jameson M. Wetmore is Assistant Professor at the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes and the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University.

Latour, Bruno
Bruno Latour, a philosopher and anthropologist, is the author of We Have Never Been Modern, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence, Facing Gaia, Down to Earth, and many other books. He coedited (with Peter Weibel) the previous ZKM volumes Making Things Public, ICONOCLASH, and Reset Modernity! (all published by the MIT Press).

Pollock, John L.
John L. Pollock is Regents Professor of Philosophy and Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of Arizona.

Vinck, Dominique
Dominique Vinck is Professor at Pierre Mendè s-France University and at the Polytechnic National Institute of Grenoble. He is also a member of CRISTO, a research center associated with CNRS that focuses on sociotechnical innovation and industrial organizations.

Johnson, Deborah G.
Deborah G. Johnson is Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics and Department Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia.

Deborah G. Johnson is Anne Shirley Carter Olsson Professor of Applied Ethics and Department Chair, Department of Science, Technology, and Society at the University of Virginia.