Rebranding the Anthropocene

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Langdon Winner ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Technology And Society ◽  
Human Species ◽  
The Holocene ◽  
Candidate Term ◽  
Science Technology

Recent attempts to rename the geological epoch in which we live, now called the “Holocene,” have produced a number of impressive suggestions. Among these the leading contender at present is the “Anthropocene.” Despite its possible advantages, there are a number of reasons why this term is ultimately misleading and unhelpful in both philosophical and policy deliberations. Especially off-putting is the word’s tendency to identify the human species as a whole as the culprit in controversial changes in Earth’s biosphere whose proximate sources can be more accurately identified. The new candidate term echoes discussions of “Man and . . .” in countless twentieth-century publications, an outmoded conceit rightly overcome in more recent writings on science, technology and society.

Youth Engaging Almustafa: Cross-Generational Interactions in “Science, Technology, and Society” Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 1920001
Author(s):  
Freeman J. Dyson ◽  
Dwight E. Neuenschwander
Keyword(s):  
Technology And Society ◽  
Human Species ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Creative Force ◽  
Freeman Dyson

Both nature and the human species are constantly evolving. Neither could survive without the creative force of evolution to overcome disasters and replace worn-out parts — Freeman Dyson.

Science, Technology and Society

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Bridgstock ◽  
David Burch ◽  
John Forge ◽  
John Laurent ◽  
Ian Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Technology And Society ◽  
Science Technology

Gewalt und Kommunikation

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-28
Author(s):  
Jens Bonnemann
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Practical Philosophy ◽  
Valuable Contribution ◽  
Human Species ◽  
Normal Case ◽  
Jean Paul ◽  
Philosophy Of Dialogue ◽  
The Individual

In ethics, when discussing problems of justice and a just social existence one question arises obviously: What is the normal case of the relation between I and you we start from? In moral philosophy, each position includes basic socio-anthropological convictions in that we understand the other, for example, primarily as competitor in the fight for essential resources or as a partner in communication. Thus, it is not the human being as isolated individual, or as specimen of the human species or socialised member of a historical society what needs to be understood. Instead, the individual in its relation to the other or others has been studied in phenomenology and the philosophy of dialogue of the twentieth century. In the following essay I focus on Martin Buber’s and Jean-Paul Sartre’s theories of intersubjectivity which I use in order to explore the meaning of recognition and disrespect for an individual. They offer a valuable contribution to questions of practical philosophy and the socio-philosophical diagnosis of our time.

Changing the Focus: Fostering the Development of Science, Technology, and Society Programs in Schools

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 294-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. McComas ◽  
Susan M. Blunck ◽  
Julia M. McArthur ◽  
Mark A. Brockmeyer
Keyword(s):  
Technology And Society ◽  
Science Technology
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