Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. One. Introduction: An Odd Concept 1
4. Two. “The Trouble with Techne”: Ancient Conceptions of Technical Knowledge 16
5. Three. The Discourse of Ars in the Latin Middle Ages 29
6. Four. Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts in the Early Modern Era 42
7. Five. From Art to Applied Science: Creating a “Semantic Void” 55
8. Six. Technology in the Nineteenth Century: A Marginal Concept 74
9. Seven. Discourse of Technik: Engineers and Humanists 97
10. Eight. Thorstein Veblen’s Appropriation of Technik 118
11. Nine. Veblen’s Legacy: Culture versus Determinism 136
12. Ten. Technology in the Social Sciences before World War II 152
13. Eleven. Science and Technology between the World Wars 174
14. Twelve. Suppression and Revival: Technology in World War II and the Cold War 194
15. Thirteen. Conclusion: Technology as Keyword in the 1960s and Beyond 214
16. Rehabilitating Technology: A Manifesto 235
17. Acknowledgments 237
18. Notes 241
19. Bibliography 289
20. Index 333