Time, science and the critique of technological reason : essays in honour of Hermínio Martins /: essays in honour of Hermínio Martins. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by José Esteban Castro, Bridget Fowler, Luís Gomes.
• Editors: Castro, José Esteban; Gomes, Luís; Fowler, Bridget, 1943-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (colour)
• Subjects: 301.092; Sociology -- Philosophy; Criticism and interpretation; Interviews
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319715193
• Related ISBNs: 9783319715186
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