"Science and technology have immense authority and influence in our society, yet their working remains little understood. The conventional perception of science in Western societies has been modified in recent years by the work of philosophers, sociologists and historians of sci…
"Science and technology have immense authority and influence in our society, yet their working remains little understood. The conventional perception of science in Western societies has been modified in recent years by the work of philosophers, sociologists and historians of sci…
"We live in the age of Computer Business Systems (CBSs)-the highly complex, computer-intensive management programs on which large organizations increasingly rely. In Mindless, Simon Head argues that these systems have come to trump human expertise, dictating the goals and strate…
Innovation studies: evolution and future challenges
1. The prehistory of science and technology studies . 2. The Kuhnian revolution. 3. Questioning functionalism in the sociology of science. 4. Stratification and discrimination. 5. The strong programme and the sociology of knowledge. 6. The social construction of scientific and t…
Interdisciplina y complejidad - Complejidad y contradicciones - La dialéctica de lo complejo - Las nuevas ciencias y la política de las alternativas.