303.483 DOE Does Technology Drive History? The Dilemma of Technological Determinism / ed.: M. R. Smith, L. Marx. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London, UK : MIT Press, 1994. - 280 p. - ISBN 0-262-69167-1. - Текст : непосредственный. Contributors : p. 275 - 276. Index : p. 277 - 280 Есть автограф: Smith, Merritt Roe
Smith, Merritt Roe. Technological Determinism in American Culture / M. R. Smith Smith, Michael. Recourse of Empire : Landscapes of Progress in Technological America / M. L. Smith Heilbroner, Robert. Do Machines Make History? / R. L. Heilbroner Heilbroner, Robert. Technological Determinism Revisited / R. L. Heilbroner Bimber, Bruce. Three Faces of Technological Determinism / B. Bimber Hughes, Thomas. Technological Momentum / T. P. Hughes Misa, Thomas. Retrieving Sociotechnical Change from Technological Determinism / T. J. Misa Scranton, Philip. Determinism and Indeterminacy in the History of Technology / P. Scranton Perdue, Peter. Technological Determinism in Agrarian Societies / P. C. Perdue Bulliet, Richard. Determinism and Pre-Industrial Technology / R. W. Bulliet Williams, Rosalind. The Political and Feminist Dimensions of Technological Determinism / R. Williams Marx, Leo. The Idea of "Technology" and Postmodern Pessimism / L. Marx Staudenmaier, John. Rationality versus Contingency in the History of Technology / J. M. Staudenmaier
These thirteen essays explore a crucial historical question that has been notoriously hard to pin down: To what extent, and by what means, does a society’s technology determine its political, social, economic, and cultural forms? Karl Marx launched the modern debate on determinism with his provocative remark that "the hand-mill gives you society with the feudal lord; the steam-mill, society with the industrial capitalist". Marx's position has become embedded in our culture in the form of constant reminders as to how our fast-changing technologies will alter our lives. Yet historians who have looked closely at where technologies really come from generally support the proposition that technologies are not autonomous but are social products, susceptible to democratic controls. The issue is crucial for democratic theory. These essays tackle it head-on, offering a deep look at all the shadings of determinism and assessing determinist models in a wide variety of historical contexts. Merritt Roe Smith is Cutten Professor of the History of Technology and Director of the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Leo Marx is Senior Lecturer and Kenan Professor of American Cultural History Emeritus
