Our war on ourselves : rethinking science, technology, and economic growth /

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"Our approach to knowing and doing is based on delegating physical phenomena to physicists, biological phenomena to biologists, social phenomena to sociologists, economic phenomena to economists, and so on. This approach to knowledge and practice works very well when one category of phenomena d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vanderburg, Willem H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Science > Social aspects.
Technology > Social aspects.
Decision making > Social aspects.
Economic development > Sociological aspects.
Symbolism.
Sciences > Aspect social.
Prise de décision > Aspect social.
Développement économique > Aspect sociologique.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Social Aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A Civilization of non-sense?
  • 1. Symbolization: getting in touch with ourselves and the world
  • 2: Desymbolization: losing touch with ourselves and the world
  • 3: Colliding orders and the triumph of the real
  • 4: The triumph of the technical order over cultural orders
  • 5: Desymbolization and resymbolization.

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