History of Techniques
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History of Techniques

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eBook - ePub

History of Techniques

About this book

Over the past thirty years, the history of technology has been so extensively renewed that many once-canonical narratives have been invalidated.

This collective work takes account of several of these major recompositions: ancient periods were never eras of technical stagnation; techniques are not "diffused", but interpenetrate and reinvent themselves as they travel; invention is not an individual epiphany, but a gradual and often collective process; far from neutral, the material is endowed with its own agentivity; the notions of capitalism, gender and the environment are fertile contributions to the history of techniques, and have served to invalidate many naiveties.

These recent works have put an end to the discontinuous vision of a history made up of straightforward technical ruptures, in favor of more complex descriptions that provide a better grasp of the real dynamics of today's world.

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Yes, you can access History of Techniques by Guillaume Carnino,Xavier Guchet in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Science General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 The Medieval Watermill: A History of Technology
  7. 2 China and the Global History of Techniques
  8. 3 Invention: Rehabilitating a Concept
  9. 4 Materials and the History of Techniques
  10. 5 Concepts of the History of Techniques: Technology
  11. 6 Industry in the History of Techniques
  12. 7 From Standards to Commodification (and Back Again): Histories of Technology and Capitalism1
  13. 8 History of Techniques and the Environment
  14. 9 Techniques and Gender
  15. 10 History of Techniques and Anthropology: Measure, Means, Mirror
  16. 11 Philosophy and History of Techniques
  17. List of Authors
  18. Index
  19. End User License Agreement