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Author:   Hans Harbers
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.592kg
ISBN:  

9789053567562

ISBN 10:   9053567569
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   02 August 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents - 6 Preface - 8 Introduction:Co-Production, Agency, and Normativity - 10 The Distribution of Agency - 28 Back to the Drawing Board: Inventing a Sociology of Technology - 30 Artifacts as Social Agents - 62 Diversity and Distributed Agency in the Design and Use of Medical Video-Communication Technologies - 86 The Mediation of Agency - 108 Choices and Choosing in Cancer Genetics - 110 Artifacts and Attachment:A Post-Script Philosophy ofMediation - 126 Art and Technology Playing Leapfrog:A History and Philosophy of Technoesis - 148 The Politics of Agency - 170 Taking the Socio-Technical Seriously: Exploring the Margins for Change in the Traffic and Transport Domain - 172 Trapped in the Duality of Structure:An STS Approach to Engineering Ethics - 200 The Cultural Politics of Prenatal Screening - 230 Epilogue: Political Materials - Material Politics - 258 References - 274 About the Authors - 294 Index of Names - 298 Index of Subjects - 304

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Hans Harbers is associate professor in philosophy of science, technology and society at the Department of Philosophy, Groningen University.

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