Man is the measure of all things, an old saying goes. But it is a bad guide for understanding scientific and technological culture. Science and technology are not simply the means to reach human ends; they also actively shape human beings, their goals, meanings and social relations. This volume discusses the implications of this so-called 'co-production' of science, technology and society for our analytical as well as normative ideas about humanity, technology and the relations between both. Addressing issues such as cancer genetics, prenatal screening and ecological consequences of traffic and transport, contributors argue that technology has its own kind of sub-politics, which in turn calls for policies of technology: from steering and regulation to scenario studies, in order to achieve democratisation of technology.
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%1 brey2005inside
%A Brey, Philip
%A Brouns, Margo
%A Disco, Cornelis
%A Elzen, Boelie
%A Harbers, Hans
%A Jelsma, Jaap
%A Kockelkoren, Petran
%A Nelis, Annemiek
%A Oudshoorn, Nelly
%A Popkema, Marcus
%A Stemerding, Dirk
%A Swierstra, Tsjalling
%A van Oost, Ellen
%A Verbeek, Peter-Paul
%C Amsterdam, The Netherlands
%D 2005
%E Harbers, Hans
%I Amsterdam University Press
%K bioethics communication creativecommons culture environment ethics libre medicine openaccess pdf philosophy politics sociology sustainability technology
%P 312
%T Inside the Politics of Technology: Agency and Normativity in the Co-Production of Technology and Society
%U http://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=340207
%X Man is the measure of all things, an old saying goes. But it is a bad guide for understanding scientific and technological culture. Science and technology are not simply the means to reach human ends; they also actively shape human beings, their goals, meanings and social relations. This volume discusses the implications of this so-called 'co-production' of science, technology and society for our analytical as well as normative ideas about humanity, technology and the relations between both. Addressing issues such as cancer genetics, prenatal screening and ecological consequences of traffic and transport, contributors argue that technology has its own kind of sub-politics, which in turn calls for policies of technology: from steering and regulation to scenario studies, in order to achieve democratisation of technology.
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abstract = {Man is the measure of all things, an old saying goes. But it is a bad guide for understanding scientific and technological culture. Science and technology are not simply the means to reach human ends; they also actively shape human beings, their goals, meanings and social relations. This volume discusses the implications of this so-called 'co-production' of science, technology and society for our analytical as well as normative ideas about humanity, technology and the relations between both. Addressing issues such as cancer genetics, prenatal screening and ecological consequences of traffic and transport, contributors argue that technology has its own kind of sub-politics, which in turn calls for policies of technology: from steering and regulation to scenario studies, in order to achieve democratisation of technology.},
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author = {Brey, Philip and Brouns, Margo and Disco, Cornelis and Elzen, Boelie and Harbers, Hans and Jelsma, Jaap and Kockelkoren, Petran and Nelis, Annemiek and Oudshoorn, Nelly and Popkema, Marcus and Stemerding, Dirk and Swierstra, Tsjalling and van Oost, Ellen and Verbeek, Peter-Paul},
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timestamp = {2014-06-27T06:43:31.000+0200},
title = {Inside the Politics of Technology: Agency and Normativity in the Co-Production of Technology and Society},
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year = 2005
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