Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- I.1. First definitions -- I.1.1. Technical, technological and technical objects -- I.1.2. How can we address technological change? First elements -- I.2 Technology, a social science -- I.2.1. Three pillars -- I.2.2. Contributions of the human and social sciences (HSS) -- I.3. Structure of the book -- 1. The Human and Social Sciences in the Face of Technological Change -- 1.1. Approaches to technological change -- 1.1.1. Technological determinism -- 1.1.2. Social constructivism -- 1.1.3. Joint structuring of technical and social aspects -- 1.1.4. Limitation of established distinctions -- 1.2. A brief history of technological change -- 1.2.1. How can we tell the story? -- 1.2.2. At the origins of the Industrial Revolution (from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance) -- 1.2.3. The First Industrial Revolution (end of the 18th Century) -- 1.2.4. The Second Industrial Revolution (late 19th Century to the 1910s) -- 1.2.5. The Computer Revolution (from the late 1960s to the 1990s) -- 1.2.6. The Digital Revolution (early 21st Century) -- 2. Technological Change and Society -- 2.1. Powers, institutions and technological change -- 2.1.1. Fundamentals of political analysis and technology -- 2.1.2. The role of the State -- 2.1.3. Technological change in the age of globalization -- 2.1.4. The dark side of technology -- 2.2. Ethics in the face of technology -- 2.2.1. Ethical evaluation of technology -- 2.2.2. Three ethical issues under discussion -- 2.3. Technological change and diversity -- 2.3.1. Inclusive technology/exclusive technology -- 2.3.2. Technologies that reflect their designers -- 2.4. Technological change and ecology -- 2.4.1. Technology, an answer to ecological challenges? -- 2.4.2. Technology as a source of ecological degradation?.
