ISBN:
9780415958035
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource (321 p)
Serie:
Routledge Advances in Sociology
Serie:
Routledge Advances in Sociology Ser.
Paralleltitel:
Print version Atoms, Bytes and Genes : Public Resistance and Techno-Scientific Responses
DDC:
303.48/3
Schlagwort(e):
Technology and civilization - Public opinion
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
""Atom,"" ""byte"" and ""gene"" are metonymies for techno-scientific developments of the 20th century: nuclear power, computing and genetic engineering. Resistance continues to challenge these developments in public opinion. This book traces historical debates over atoms, bytes and genes which raised controversy with consequences, and argues that public opinion is a factor of the development of modern techno-science. The level and scope of public controversy is an index of resistance, examined here with a ""pain analogy"" which shows that just as pain impacts movement, resistance impacts techn
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Excursions; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Movement Redirected by Resistance; 2 Mobilising a Different Future; 3 The Atom: Bombs and Power; 4 Environment, Safety and Sustainability; 5 Ten Propositions on Learning from Resistance; 6 The ""Bytes"" of Mainframes, PC and Social Media; 7 Public Opinion and Its Discontents; 8 Genes, Biotechnology and Genomics; 9 Some Further Observations on Resistance; Appendix 1: Notes on Social Movement and Social Influence
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Appendix 2: Chronologies of Atoms, Bytes and GenesReferences; Index
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