Routledge Handbook of Science, Technology, and Society

Synopsis

Over the last decade or so, the field of science and technology studies (STS) has become an intellectually dynamic interdisciplinary arena. Concepts, methods, and theoretical perspectives are being drawn both from long-established and relatively young disciplines. From its origins in philosophical and political debates about the creation and use of scientific knowledge, STS has become a wide and deep space for the consideration of the place of science and technology in the world, past and present.

The Routledge Handbook of Science, Technology and Society seeks to capture the dynamism and breadth of the field by presenting work that pushes the reader to think about science and technology and their intersections with social life in new ways. The interdisciplinary contributions by international experts in this handbook are organized around six topic areas:


embodiment
consuming technoscience
digitization
environments
science as work
rules and standards


This volume highlights a range of theoretical and empirical approaches to some of the persistent – and new – questions in the field. It will be useful for students and scholars throughout the social sciences and humanities, including in science and technology studies, history, geography, critical race studies, sociology, communications, women’s and gender studies, anthropology, and political science.

Book details

Series:

Routledge International Handbooks

Author:

Daniel Lee Kleinman, Kelly Moore

ISBN:

9781136237164

Related ISBNs:

9781136237096, 9780203101827, 9780415531528, 9780415531528, 9780367335939, 9780367335939

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Pages:

518

Reading age:

Not specified

Includes images:

No

Date of addition:

2020-03-23

Usage restrictions:

Copyright

Copyright date:

2014

Copyright by:

N/A 

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Categories:

Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature, Politics and Government, Science, Social Studies, Sociology, Technology