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OverviewThe articles in this collection analyse methodological aspects of today's hard sciences and humanities and of applied research in the field of high technology. The authors explore structural and cultural contexts of scientific research, relations between information technologies and our everyday life, as well as relations between innovation and business culture. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katarzyna Leszczynska , Janusz MuchaPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Imprint: Cambridge Scholars Publishing Edition: Unabridged edition Weight: 0.422kg ISBN: 9781443821568ISBN 10: 144382156 Pages: 225 Publication Date: 06 May 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIn this book we see scholars attempting to bridge the percieved gap between social and natural sciences. Through detailed observation of past and present events they try to foresee future trends and contribute to the establishment of a new transciplinary paradigm that can help us cope with new types of social challenges. 'Society, Culture & Technology at the Dawn of the 21st Century' is strongly recommended for anyone interested in socio-cultural framework of recent and future scientific and technological progress. -Professor Franc Mali, University of Ljubljana This collection is a methodologically diverse multiplicity of perspectives on the relationships between technology, society, and culture. The authors offer a strong foundation for the collection; a well-grounded and wide-ranging review of literature from classical sociology and philosophy of science to more recent studies of science, technology, and society. The result is a timely, often fascinating, and generally thought-provoking comparative analysis of society, culture and technology as we complete the first decade of the new millennium. -Professor Mike Keen, Director of the Center for a Sustainable Future, Indiana University South Bend, and author of Stalking the Sociological Imagination: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociologists In this book we see scholars attempting to bridge the percieved gap between social and natural sciences. Through detailed observation of past and present events they try to foresee future trends and contribute to the establishment of a new transciplinary paradigm that can help us cope with new types of social challenges. 'Society, Culture & Technology at the Dawn of the 21st Century' is strongly recommended for anyone interested in socio-cultural framework of recent and future scientific and technological progress. -Professor Franc Mali, University of Ljubljana This collection is a methodologically diverse multiplicity of perspectives on the relationships between technology, society, and culture. The authors offer a strong foundation for the collection; a well-grounded and wide-ranging review of literature from classical sociology and philosophy of science to more recent studies of science, technology, and society. The result is a timely, often fascinating, and generally thought-provoking comparative analysis of society, culture and technology as we complete the first decade of the new millennium. -Professor Mike Keen, Director of the Center for a Sustainable Future, Indiana University South Bend, and author of Stalking the Sociological Imagination: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociologists Author InformationKatarzyna Leszczynska teaches sociology and social anthropology at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. Her scholarly interests focus on religion, gender and social aspects of technology. Janusz Mucha teaches sociology and social anthropology at the same university. His is interested in sociological and anthropological theory, minority issues, Central and Eastern Europe and technoligical rationality. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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