Technology : critical history of a concept /: critical history of a concept. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Eric Schatzberg.
• Authors: Schatzberg, Eric, 1956-
• Contents: Introduction: an odd concept -- "The trouble with techne": ancient conceptions of technical knowledge -- The discourse of ars in the Latin middle ages -- Natural philosophy and the mechanical arts in the early modern era -- From art to applied science: creating a "semantic void" -- Technology in the nineteenth century: a marginal concept -- Discourse of Technik: engineers and humanists -- Thorstein Veblen's appropriation of Technik -- Veblen's legacy: culture versus determinism -- Technology in the social sciences before World War II -- Science and technology between the world wars -- Suppression and revival: technology in World War II and the Cold War -- Conclusion: technology as keyword in the 1960s and beyond -- Rehabilitating technology: a manifesto.
• Publisher Details: Chicago London : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 601; History -- General; Technology -- History; Technology -- Philosophy; Technology; Technology -- Philosophy; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General; Technology & Engineering -- History; Science -- History; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226584027
• Related ISBNs: 022658402X; 9780226583839; 022658383X; 9780226583976; 022658397X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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