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Nichtwissen lenken : Nanotechnologie in Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten /

This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on ignorance. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of expert interviews and policy documents from nanotechnology discourses in Britain, Germany, the US and the EU, it argues that contemporary knowledge societies lack robust instruments with which...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kurath, Monika Maria, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Alemán
Published: Baden-Baden : Nomos, 2016.
Edition:1. Auflage.
Series:Schriftenreihe "Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung" ; Bd. 18.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This book develops a fresh and challenging perspective on ignorance. Drawing on a wide and diverse range of expert interviews and policy documents from nanotechnology discourses in Britain, Germany, the US and the EU, it argues that contemporary knowledge societies lack robust instruments with which they can regulate technosciences. Due to the high amount of ignorance inherent in technosciences and emerging technologies, a broad range of societal actors are involved in assessing and regulating them. This leads to a situation where expertise is being delegated to society as a whole, the boundaries between reliable and speculative knowledge are merging and responsibilities specific to certain institutions are dissolving.
Item Description:Habilitation--Universität Wien, 2016.
Physical Description:1 online resource (403 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-400).
ISBN:9783845279695
3845279699