This study presents the relation between technology and nature. Initially, the "instrumentalization" of nature and the relation between science and technology is explored. The final section elaborates the role that the social sciences can play in these debates is assessed.
This wide-ranging and accessible contribution to the study of risk, ecology and environment helps us to understand the politics of ecology and the place of social theory in making sense of environmental issues. The book provides insights into the complex dynamics of change in 'r…
"In 1844 William Wordsworth, his beloved Lake District threatened by the invasion of a railroad, was moved to ask, "Is then no nook of English ground secure / From rash assault?" Nineteenth-century Britain led the world in technological innovation and urbanization, and unprecede…