The sociology of technology before the turn to technology |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Rare Earth, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Grunwaldzka 6, 60-780 Poznan, Poland;2. RER Consultants, Fuchsbauerweg 50, D-94036 Passau, Germany;1. African Institute for Science Policy and Innovation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria;2. Department of Food Science and Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria;1. CCSST, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, 65900-410, Imperatriz, MA, Brazil;2. Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão, Campus São Luís - Maracanã, 65095-460, São Luís, MA, Brazil;3. Coordenação do Curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Campus Bacabal, 65700-000, Bacabal, MA, Brazil;4. Departamento de Química, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil;5. Departamento de Física, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 30123-970, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil |
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| Abstract: | This project recommences an underdeveloped conversation between the sociology of technology and classical sociology. There was a vibrant and consistent interest in technology among sociology's founders between Marx and Ogburn and revisiting this tradition is beneficial for contemporary sociological studies of technology. In addition to functioning as exemplars of excellence for the sociology of technology, classical sociology provides distinctive and important considerations and contributions, including: the potential benefits of borrowing technology (Veblen), the ecological influences on technological development and use (Cooley), the impact of technology on science (Mauss), and the rationalization of technology (Weber). Most importantly, classical sociology offers partial though unique frameworks for examining technology in society and vice versa, frameworks that are novel precisely because they are out of sync with recent trends. |
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| Keywords: | Science and technology studies Classical sociology Mauss Veblen Cooley Weber |
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