Details zur Publikation

Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1163/1569150053888272
Titel (primär) Technology development as innovative crisis: Georg Simmel's reflections on modern science and technology
Autor Gross, M.
Quelle Perspectives on Global Development and Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
Department SUSOZ
Band/Volume 4
Heft 1
Seite von 45
Seite bis 61
Sprache englisch
Abstract This paper introduces some of Georg Simmel's neglected reflections on modern science and technology and their implications for the understanding of the development of technology in modern societies in general. Using Simmel's perspective on the production of side effects via accumulating non-knowledge as a touchstone, this paper suggests how unexpected occurrences can be incorporated into a model of scientific and technological development that includes the re-cursive handling of "surprises." Simmel, therefore, outlines his understanding of progress as an innovative crisis, where unexpected occurrences—both positive and negative—are positioned at the core of modern science and technology and are not understood as mere side efiects.
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Gross, M. (2005):
Technology development as innovative crisis: Georg Simmel's reflections on modern science and technology
Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 4 (1), 45 - 61