Visions of STS
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Visions of STS

Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies

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Visions of STS

Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Society Studies

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Visions of STS brings together the views of ten leading scholars to clarify the nature of Science, Technology, and Society Studies and point toward future developments. The interdisciplinary field of STS maps out the interconnected relationships among science, technology, and society in order to better understand both the innumerable benefits as well as problematic challenges. This book, rather than presenting science and technology as autonomous entities, analyzes each contextually as societal-mediated processes that reflect cultural, political, and economic values. It contains four basic programmatic essays that deal with technological determinism, the social constructivist view, STS and policy information, and the issue of interdisciplinarity. Visions of STS also stresses more specialized perspectives of work, education, and public policy analysis, and challenges the way STS itself is pursued. Taken together, these essays offer an exciting and unusually broad overview of STS.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
ISBN
9780791491126
Topic
History
Subtopic
Science History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Visions of STS: Counterpoints in Science, Technology, and Social Studies
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction: The Visionary Challenge of STS
  4. 1. Where Technological Determinism Went
  5. 2. Understanding Technological Culture through a Constructivist View of Science, Technology, and Society
  6. 3. Three Perspectives in STS in the Policy Context
  7. 4. Making Disciplines Disappear in STS
  8. 5. An STS Perspective on Technology and Work
  9. 6. Science-Technology-Society and Education: A Focus on Learning and How Persons Know
  10. 7. STS from a Policy Perspective
  11. 8. STS on Other Planets
  12. 9. Gender: The Missing Factor in STS
  13. 10. Postmodern Prodcution and STS Studies: A Revolution Ignored
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index