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Part I: Social Criticisms of Science and Technology
Week #3
(Sept. 3, 2004) Mumford, Merton, Bronowski, Snow, Ellul, Schumacher, and Illich
- Lewis Mumford, Technics and Civilization (1934), selections
- Robert Merton, The Sociology of Science: Theoretical Empirical Investigations (1973), selections
- Jacob Bronowski, Science and Human Values (1956)
- C.P. Snow, The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution (1959)
- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society (1964)
- E.F. Schumacher, Small Is Beautiful (1973)
- Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society (1971), Chapter 7, “Rebirth of Epimethean Man.” Available here.
- Tools for Conviviality (1973), Introduction and Chapter 1, “Two Watersheds.” Available here.
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