Inside the politics of technology : : agency and normativity in the co-production of technology and society / / Hans Harbers, ed.

• TeilnehmendeR: Harbers, Hans.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).
• Other title: Front matter --; Contents --; Preface --; Introduction. Co-Production, Agency, and Normativity /; The Distribution of Agency --; Back to the Drawing Board Inventing a Sociology of Technology /; Artifacts as Social Agents /; Diversity and Distributed Agency in the Design and Use of Medical Video-Communication Technologies /; The Mediation of Agency --; Choices and Choosing in Cancer Genetics /; Artifacts and Attachment: A Post-Script Philosophy of Mediation /; Art and Technology Playing Leapfrog: A History and Philosophy of Technoèsis /; The Politics of Agency --; Taking the Socio-Technical Seriously Exploring the Margins for Change in the Traffic and Transport Domain /; Trapped in the Duality of Structure: An STS Approach to Engineering Ethics /; The Cultural Politics of Prenatal Screening /; Epilogue. Political Materials - Material Politics /; References --; About the Authors --; Index of Names --; Index of Subjects
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-291) and index.
• ISBN: 1280959177; 9786610959174; 9048503841; 1423746279
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Hans Harbers, ed.

Though the old saying claims that man is the measure of all things, the authors of <i>Inside the Politics of Technology</i> argue that the distinction implied between autonomous humans and neutral instruments of technology is an illusion. On the contrary, the technologies humans create simultaneously shape humans themselves.By means of case studies of technologies as diverse as video cameras, electric cars, pregnancy tests, and genetic screenings, this volume considers the implications of this co-production of technology and society for our philosophical and political ideas. Are only humans endowed with social.