Technology and civilization
Here are entered works on the role of technology in the history and development of civilization. Works on the impact of technology on modern society are entered under Technology -- Social aspects.
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Broader terms:Related term:Narrower terms:- Technology and civilization -- Forecasting
- Technology and civilization -- Humor
- Technology and civilization -- Periodicals
- Technology assessment
- Civilization and machinery
- Civilization and technology
- Machinery and civilization
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The Humanization of Technology and Chinese Culture (Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1998), ed. by Tomonobu Imamichi, Wang Miaoyang, and Liu Fangtong (PDF at crvp.org)- Anne Frank's Tree: Nature's Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust (Cambridge, UK: White Horse Press, c2015), by Eric Katz (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)
- Would Trotsky Wear a Bluetooth? Technological Utopianism Under Socialism, 1917-1989 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, c2010), by Paul R. Josephson (multiple formats with commentary at Project MUSE)
- Are We Spiritual Machines? Ray Kurzweil vs. the Critics of Strong A.I. (c2002), ed. by Jay W. Richards, contrib. by Ray Kurzweil, John R. Searle, Michael J. Denton, William A. Dembski, Thomas S. Ray, and George F. Gilder (at kurzweilai.net)
- The Civilization of Illiteracy (1997), by Mihai Nadin (Gutenberg text)
- Mastering the Global Transition on Our Way to Society 3.0 (2014), by Ronald van den Hoff (PDF with commentary at society30.com)
- The Electronic Disturbance, by Critical Art Ensemble (PDF files at critical-art.net)
- Electronic Civil Disobedience and Other Unpopular Ideas, by Critical Art Ensemble (PDF files at critical-art.net)
- Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, by R. Buckminster Fuller (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- Marvels of Modern Science (1910), by Paul Severing, ed. by Theodore Waters (Gutenberg text)
- Austria 2005: Projected Sociocultural Effects of the Microelectronic Revolution (c1983), by Robert B. Textor (PDF at Stanford)
- The Future of Austria: Opportunities and Dangers in the Age of Nanotechnology (2006), ed. by Ernst Eugen Veselsky, trans. by Hedwig D. Thimig, contrib. by Robert B. Textor (PDF at Stanford)
- Processed World (full serial archives)
- Annual Report to the Congress, by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (partial serial archives)
- Health Care Technology and Its Assessment in Eight Countries (1995), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment, ed. by H. David Banta
- Risk and Decision Making: Perspectives and Research, by National Research Council Committee on Risk and Decision Making (page images with commentary at NAP)
- The OTA Legacy (full set of OTA reports, 1974-1996), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files with commentary at Princeton)
- OTA Priorities 1979, With Brief Descriptions of Priorities and of Assessments in Progress (OTA-P-81; 1979), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment
- Development of Medical Technology: Opportunities for Assessment (1976), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
- Advanced Materials by Design (1988), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
- Assessing the Efficacy and Safety of Medical Technologies (1978), by United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (PDF files at Princeton)
- Upgrading the Space Shuttle, by National Research Council Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (page images and partial HTML at NAP)
- National Priorities for the Assessment of Clinical Conditions and Medical Technologies, ed. by Marielena Lara and Clifford Goodman (page images with commentary at NAP)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Technology -- Philosophy- Anne Frank's Tree: Nature's Confrontation with Technology, Domination, and the Holocaust (Cambridge, UK: White Horse Press, c2015), by Eric Katz (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)
- Ghana: Changing Values, Changing Technologies (Ghanaian Philosophical Studies, II; Washington: Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c2000), ed. by Helen Lauer (PDF at crvp.org)
- Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, by R. Buckminster Fuller (HTML at Wayback Machine)
- In Catastrophic Times: Resisting the Coming Barbarism (first published in French in 2009; English translation 2015), by Isabelle Stengers, trans. by Andrew Goffey (PDF with commentary at Open Humanities Press)
- The Fate of Man (c1939), by H. G. Wells (HTML in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
- Where is Civilization Going? (New York: Vanguard Press, c1927), by Scott Nearing (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Story of Human Progress: An Introduction to Social Studies (New York: Macmillan, 1926), by Leon C. Marshall (page images at HathiTrust)
- Anglo-Saxon Supremacy: or, Race Contributions To Civilization (Boston: R. G. Badger; Toronto: Copp Clark Co., c1915), by John L. Brandt, contrib. by James W. Lee
- "Civilidad y Arte": Discursos de Instalación de la "Academia de Bellas Artes" y de Presentación de sus Fundadores (in Spanish; Asunción, 1909), by Juan Silvano Godoi and Viriato Díaz-Pérez (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- Civilisation, Its Cause and Cure; and Other Essays (newly enlarged and complete edition; London: G. Allen and Unwin, 1921), by Edward Carpenter
- Der Weg der Kultur (in German; Leipzig-Gaschwitz: Dürr und Weber, 1920), by R. H. Francé
- Man and Culture (New York: T. Y. Crowell Co., c1923), by Clark Wissler (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Science of Power (8th edition; London: Methuen and Co., 1919), by Benjamin Kidd (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Semi-Centennial Celebration: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the New York Historical Society, Monday, November 20, 1854 (with an oration by Bancroft; New York: Printed for the Society, 1854), by New-York Historical Society, contrib. by George Bancroft
- Social Change with Respect to Culture and Original Nature (New York: B. W. Huebsch, c1922), by William F. Ogburn
- Success Among Nations (London: Chapman and Hall, 1904), by Emil Reich (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Towards the Great Peace (1922), by Ralph Adams Cram (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Rights of Man (c1940), by Harold J. Laski (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- The Racial Basis of Civilization: A Critique of the Nordic Doctrine (revised edition; New York and London: A. A. Knopf, 1931), by Frank Hamilton Hankins (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Racial Basis of Civilization: A Critique of the Nordic Doctrine (New York and London: A. A. Knopf, 1926), by Frank Hamilton Hankins
- Anthropology: An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization (London: Macmillan and Co., 1881), by Edward B. Tylor (multiple formats at archive.org)
- A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1905), by T. Baron Russell
- A Hundred Years Hence: The Expectations of an Optimist (Chicago: A. C. McClurg, 1906), by T. Baron Russell
- Lectures and Addresses (Cincinnati: Printed for the author by Cranston and Curts, 1892), by Will. Cumback (multiple formats at Indiana)
- The Revolt Against Civilization: The Menace of the Under Man (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1922), by Lothrop Stoddard
- The Secret of Divine Civilization, by 'Abdu'l-Bahá
- Icarus: or, The Future of Science, by Bertrand Russell (HTML at bactra.org)
- Latini e Anglo-Sassoni (Razze Inferiori e Razze Superiori) (second edition, in Italian; Rome: Rivista Popolare, 1906), by Napoleone Colajanni
- Situationist International Anthology, ed. by Ken Knabb (HTML at bopsecrets.org)
- Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (author died in 1948; c1939), by Weston A. Price (PDF in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
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