Time, Science and the Critique of Technological Reason Essays in Honour of Hermínio Martins
This festschrift commemorates the legacy of UK-based Portuguese sociologist Hermínio Martins (1934-2015). It introduces Martins' wide-ranging contributions to the social sciences, encompassing seminal works in the fields of philosophy and social theory, historical and political sociology, stud...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
2018.
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| Colección: | St Antony's Series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b38050213*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction; Bridget Fowler
- Section 1: In Celebration of the Writings of Hermínio Martins
- 2. Hermínio Martins and the State of the Social Sciences; Helena Jerónimo
- 3. Memoirs of his Widow; Margaret Martins
- 4. Hermínio Martins: Memoir of a Colleague; Roland Robertson
- 5. Alternatives to Physicalism: Memoirs of a Friend; Peter Ells
- 6. Hermínio Martins at Leeds: A Personal Memoir; Leslie Sklair
- Section 2: Thomas Kuhn and the Theory of Scientific Revolutions
- 7. Kuhn and Social Science; William Outhwaite
- 8. Revolutions in the Science and Art: Martins, Bourdieu and the Case of Photography; Bridget Fowler
- Section 3: Patrimonialism and Social Development in Portugal
- 9. Cultural Identity of the Non-Spain: A Case Study of the Cultural Policies of the Portuguese Estado Novo (‘New State'); Luís Gomes
- Section 4: Social Structures and the Techn-Scientific Ethos: The Approach From Sociological Theory
- 10. Hermínio Martins' Philosophical Sociology of Technology: A Short Introduction; José Luís Garcia
- 11. Time and Tide in Sociology; Charles Turner
- 12. Transhumanism's Fabian Backstory: A Companion to Martins' Later Work; Steve Fuller
- 13. Liminal Contexts and Critical Insights: The Cases of McLuhan and Debray; Peter McMylor
- 14. Karl Marx: New Perspectives; Richard Kilminster
- 15. The 'Modelling of Speech' in America and Britain; Stephen Mennell
- 16. The '68 Disobedient Generation' and the Rise of ChiVirLa; Mike Gane
- 17. The Information Revolution and its Implications for Democracy; Laurence Whitehead
- 18. Thinking About Think Tanks: Politics by Techno-Scientific Means; Stephen Turner.
