Sociology of Science & Technology

We are living in times of global capitalist crisis. As a consequence, revolutions in the Arab world, the Occupy movement and other forms of rebellion have emerged. This volume addresses the question of how to critically make sense of a world in crisis, and how we can create Internet- and social medi..

With digitization and automation processes pervading virtually all aspects and domains of society, the routine registration of personal identifiable data is increasing at an exponential rate. This book, combining recent insights gained from several disciplines—including science and technology studie..

Uniting a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars, this volume considers the views of early twentieth-century European thinkers on the creation, dissemination and management of publicly available information. European Modernism and the Information Society will interest all who are curio..

Uniting a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars, this volume considers the views of early twentieth-century European thinkers on the creation, dissemination and management of publicly available information. European Modernism and the Information Society will interest all who are curio..

From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment is the second of three books elaborating Roy Bhaskar’s new philosophy of metaReality, which appeared in rapid succession in 2002. _x005F_x000D_ With a new introduction from Mervyn Hartwick, this book contains some of the ori..

From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and the Actuality of Enlightenment is the second of three books elaborating Roy Bhaskar’s new philosophy of metaReality, which appeared in rapid succession in 2002. _x000D_ With a new introduction from Mervyn Hartwick, this book contains some of the original ..

Thematically organised and offering comparative analyses of the generational use of new media and technology, this timely volume presents the latest research and rich new empirical material gathered in the EU, USA and Hong Kong, to reflect on societal practices and the practical implications of buil..

Thematically organised and offering comparative analyses of the generational use of new media and technology, this timely volume presents the latest research and rich new empirical material gathered in the EU, USA and Hong Kong, to reflect on societal practices and the practical implications of buil..

Genes and the Bioimaginary reflects on the rise and cultural apotheosis of the gene, examining the ’genetification’ of culture and shedding light on emergence of the gene at the intersection of science and culture and as a product of science as culture. Employing a distinctive array of interdiscipli..

Given the propensity of contemporary protection measures such as counterterrorism efforts and fierce protection strategies against viral threats, as well as physical and legal barriers against migration, a number of political philosophers, including Peter Sloterdijk and Roberto Esposito, have claime..

This book argues that information communication technologies are not creating new forms of social structure, but rather altering long-standing institutions and amplifying existing trends of social change that have their origins in ancient times. Using a comparative historical perspective, it analyze..

This title was first published in 2003.During the 1990s Research and Technological Development policies moved from a problem-solving approach, towards a wider one focusing on the systemic nature of the innovation process. This change can be featured as the transition from a technology policy toward..