Science, Technology and Society

DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSHOPHY AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE

15100513 SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY(5ο semester) 6 ECTS

Instructor: Dialetis - Arapostathis (up to 15 students)

The course maps critical approaches to the science, technology, and society relationship, which come from a range of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields, including the history, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy of technology and science. Included in the topics covered is the connection between technology/science and economic issues (e.g., work and unemployment, development and pollution), ideological issues (e.g., national and gender identity construction), and political issues (e.g., peace and war, democracy and totalitarianism).

Textbook [13776]: Of Bicycles, Bakelites, and Bulbs: Toward a Theory of Sociotechnical Change, WIEBE E. BIJKER Details

Textbook [33094836]: "Επιστήμη και Τεχνολογια-Ιστορικές και Ιστοριογραφικες Μελετες", Collective Work, Details