Technology Studies

Special Pre-publication price: GBP475 save GBP50 Normal price: GBP525 Technology Studies questions whether technologies are truly autonomous within the societies they inhabit and whether or not technological changes drive social changes. This four volume set will trace the intellectual, scholarly and public evolution of technology studies. Fouche will present the evolving conceptualisations of technology within culture in order to understand the ways in which technology has shaped global society.Indicative contents: Volume I: Theorist Wiebe Bijker/Michel Callon/Jacque Ellul/Thomas Hughes/Thomas Kuhn/Bruno Latour/Donald MacKenzie/Lewis Mumford/William Fielding Ogburn/Ruth Oldenziel/Nelly Oudshoorn/Trevor Pinch/Judy Wajcman/Langdon Winner Volume II: Theories and Methods Actor Network Theory/Politics of Artefacts/Social Construction of Technology/Technology and Democracy/Technological Determinism/Technological Momentum/Technological Systems Volume III: Interdisciplinary Relations Technology and Anthropology/Technology and Architecture/Technology and Cultural Studies/Technology and Design/Technology and Economics/Technology and Engineering/Technology and History/Technology and Law/Technology and Literature/Technology and Media Studies/Technology and Medicine/Technology and Philosophy Volume IV: Issues Debates Technology and Consumerism/Technology and the Environment/Technology and Domination/Technology and Freedom/Technology and Gender/Technology and Globalisation/Technology and Health/Technology and Identity/Technology and Modernity/Technology and Peace/Technology and Policy/Technology and Power/Technology and Race/Technology and Religion/Technology and Security/Technology and Social Control/Technology and Violence