Cultural History of Technology

Seminar Discussions

LEC #	Topics
1	What is “Technology” in the Contemporary World? (PDF)
2	The Context of Classical and Early Modern Philosophy (PDF)
3	The Enlightenment and the Belief in Progress (PDF)
4	The Romantic Reaction
5	The Novel (PDF)
6	The Marxist Critique of Capitalism (PDF)
7	Culture: High v. Low; Traditional v. Democratic (PDF)
8	Systems and Networks (PDF)
9	Modernism: Socio-Economic and Aesthetic (PDF)
10	Engineering: Mentality, Vocation, Institution (PDF)
11	Ecological Crisis (PDF)
12	What Made “Technology” Necessary? (PDF)