New technologies as social problem. A reflection on the history of the social role of technology

Hronszky, Imre

Publication year:

1995

Publication place:

Donostia-San Sebastián

ISBN:

84-87471-90-0

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Summary

In this paper, professor Hronszky gives a general overview of technology as a problematic issue in society. Historically, from the XVIth artisan´s struggle to DDT side effects, there had been many conflicts between society and technological development. There has been a great number of efforts for a theoretical harmonisation ; but the main propose of that paper, is to get a balanced point of view, between too much pessimistic and confident attitudes.