Inside the politics of technology [electronic resource] : agency and normativity in the co-production of technology and society / Hans Harbers (ed.)
"Man is the measure of all things, an old saying goes. But it is a bad guide for understanding scientific and technological culture. Science and technology are not simply the means to reach human ends; they also actively shape human beings, their goals, meanings and social relations. This volum...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : co-production, agency, and normativity / Hans Harbers
- Back to the drawing board : inventing a sociology of technology / Cornelis Disco
- Artifacts as social agents / Philip Brey
- Diversity and distributed agency in the design and use of medical video-communication technologies / Nelly Oudshoorn, Margo Brouns, & Ellen van Oost
- Choices and choosing in cancer genetics / Dirk Stemerding & Annemiek Nelis
- Artifacts and attachment : a post-script philosophy of mediation / Peter-Paul Verbeek
- Art and technology playing leapfrog : a history and philosophy of technoèsis / Petran Kockelkoren
- Taking the socio-technical seriously : exploring the margins for change in the traffic and transport domain / Boelie Elzen
- Trapped in the duality of structure : an STS approach to engineering ethics / Tsjalling Swierstra & Jaap Jelsma
- The cultural politics of prenatal screening / Marcus Popkema & Hans Harbers
- Epilogue : political materials, material politics / Hans Harbers.