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Visions of STS: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies(SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society)

Visions of STS: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies(SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society)


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Maps interconnections between science, technology, and society in order to understand both benefits and costs. Visions of STS brings together the views of ten leading scholars to clarify the nature of Science, Technology, and Society Studies and point toward future developments. The interdisciplinary field of STS maps out the interconnected relationships among science, technology, and society in order to better understand both the innumerable benefits as well as problematic challenges. This book, rather than presenting science and technology as autonomous entities, analyzes each contextually as societal-mediated processes that reflect cultural, political, and economic values. It contains four basic programmatic essays that deal with technological determinism, the social constructivist view, STS and policy information, and the issue of interdisciplinarity. Visions of STS also stresses more specialized perspectives of work, education, and public policy analysis, and challenges the way STS itself is pursued. Taken together, these essays offer an exciting and unusually broad overview of STS.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Visionary Challenges of STS Part I. General Perspectives 1. Where Technological Determinism Went Langdon Winner 2. Understanding Technological Culture through a Constructivist View of Science, Technology, and Society Wiebe E. Bijker 3. Three Perspectives in STS in the Policy Context Lars Fuglsang 4. Making Disciplines Disappear in STS Susan E. Cozzens Part II. Applications 5. An STS Perspective on Technology and Work Rudi Volti 6. Science-Technology-Society and Education: A Focus on Learning and How Persons Know Robert E. Yager 7. STS from a Policy Perspective Albert H. Teich Part III. Critiques 8. STS on Other Planets Richard E. Sclove 9. Gender: The Missing Factor in STS Eulalia Perez Sedeno 10. Postmodern Production and STS Studies: A Revolution Ignored Wilhelm E. Fedpucker, S.J. Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Stephen H. Cutcliffe is Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at Lehigh University and coeditor of Technology and the West and Technology and American History. Carl Mitcham is Professor of Liberal Arts and International Studies at Colorado School of Mines and author of Thinking through Technology: The Path between Engineering and Philosophy.

Review :
"This is a strong survey of the field of STS. It covers a lot of ground in ten concise essays that are accessible to non-experts in the field, yet detailed and provocative enough to hold the attention of the more advanced reader." - Joseph R. Herkert, editor of Social, Ethical, and Policy Implications of Engineering: Selected Readings "The book is useful, in relatively specific terms (e.g., on the issue of technological determinism) in helping any reader think about the relationships of science, technology, and society. It is also useful in broader terms for those working in and thinking about STS as a field." - Jesse S. Tatum, author of Energy Possibilities: Rethinking Alternatives and the Choice-Making Proce


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791448458
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 363 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0791448452
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 176
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Science, Technology, and Society
  • Sub Title: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies
  • Width: 152 mm


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