1st Edition
The American Ideology Science, Technology, and Organization...
By H.T. Wilson
Copyright 1977
366 Pages
by
Routledge
366 Pages
by
Routledge
366 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1977 The American Ideology presents an analysis of the ways in which Americans and the most advanced capitalist countries think about science, technology, and organization. In particular, the author describes it as an anti-sociological essay set within the broader area between sociology and philosophy as functionally legitimate disciplines within the academic division of... Read more
Acknowledgements Preface 1. The American ideology 2. Knowledge and the problem of rationality 3. Science and technology 4. Discovery and the community of science: the Popper-Kuhn controversy 5. Social technology and the open society 6. Capitalism and the advanced societies 7. Bureaucratization, rationalization 8. Civil Society and Solidarity 9. Meritocracy and equality 10. The countenance of possibility Notes bibliography Index
Biography
H. T. Wilson
