Imagined Futures in Science, Technology and Society

Summary

This book provides one of the first interdisciplinary assessments of how scientific and technological imaginations matter in the formation of human, ecological and societal futures. It explores how various actors such as scientists, companies or states imagine the future to be and act upon that imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Gert Vandermoere Verschraegen
• Assisted by: Luc Braeckmans (Editor), Braeckmans Luc (Editor), Barbara Segaert (Editor), Segaert Barbara (Editor), Frédéric Vandermoere (Editor), Gert Verschraegen (Editor), Verschraegen Gert (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.2017
• EAN: 9781138217379
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21737-9
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; History, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Philosophy, computer science, Philosophy of Science, History of Science, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Legal aspects of IT, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects