Time, Science and the Critique of Technological Reason Essays in Honour of Hermínio Martins /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Castro, José Esteban (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Fowler, Bridget (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Gomes, Luís (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: St Antony's Series,
• Θέματα: Technology-Sociological aspects.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Cultural studies.; Ethnology-Latin America.; Science and Technology Studies.; Social Theory.; Cultural Studies.; Latin American Culture.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.