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Lecture 2 :
techonology
F!ve approaches to the relat!onsh!p between techonology and

Soc!ety :




*
Technolog!cal determ!n!zm : Marshall McLuhan & Toronto
School 150s -70s )


* Cultural Mater!al!sm ( cultural Stud!es ) :
Raymond W!ll!ams


*
Soc!al Const!tut!on of
Techonology ISCOT ) : W!ebe B!jker
( 80s -

now )



*
Actor Network Theory ( ANT )
- : Bruno Latour 180s -

now )



*
Race cr!t!cal Cade stud!es : Ruha Benjam!n ( now )




Technolog!cal Determ!n!sm





Technolog!cal determ!n!sm !s the most
everyday &


Common -
Sense

Way that we th!nk about techonology and soc!ety .




and
"

Lynn wh!tejr.!s Soc!al
"
book Med!val
Techonology Change





created b!y Controversy !n h!story
"
a
,
wh!ch !s Called The

St!rrup Debate 11962 )
"
Great
↳ so what !s th!s debate about ?

, •

The st!rrup !s the dev!ce that
you
use !n Order to r!de ahorse.IT
allows to stab!l!ze yourself and
you
people to rema!n stable ona horse .




of
What !s the
argument Lynn


Ma!n

wh!te ? He
says that the Invent!on of

cruc!al to
st!rrup was actually very the

/ of the wh!ch feudal!sm.JO
Soc!al Way Organ!zat!on Soc!ety ,
was

he argues that the !ntroduct!on led to the
developmental
of st!rrup
feudal!sm .




teudal!sm ? and Soc!al
What It the
legal that


!s !s
Systeme
evolved the Westen Europe !n the e!ght and n!nth Centur!es ,


!n wh!ch vassals were protected and ma!nta!ned
by the!r

lords usually Through the of f!efs and requ!red to
, grant!ng ,
were

Serve Under them !n War .
The romant!c vers!on of leudal!sm

conta!ns Kn!ghts on horses .




go.!n
summary ,






, dr!ves
Then
Lynn Wh!te's argument next to Homan 's analys!s





US to one not!on :
Technolog!cal determ!n!sm !s a reduct!on !st

theory .




↳ reduct!on !st ? reduct!on !st because
why !s !t !t !s !t
expla!ns
the of !ntroduct!on
snape soc!ety purely by the of One


technology .




In Other Words ; accord!ng technolog!cal determ!n!sm Soc!al


to ,


structures and moral / cultural values are thought to be determ!ned

by techonology .




There are both Strong and weak vers!ons of
technolog!cal
determ!n!sm : cla!ms that the !mpact determ!nat!on of
Strong one or


technology!sd!rectandvn!l!neo.!r/s!nglelgoestooned!rect!ononlyI .




weak and
One
recogn!ze that there !s a
!s More Common !t

Certa!n med!at!on of the technolog!e tak!ng p!ace through features
of Soc!ety but nevertheless hav!ng a causa I relat!onsh!p ( between
the !ntroduct!on of a techonology and whatever Soc!al phenomenon

you try to expla!n .




*
The
d!agram of
technolog!cal determ!n!sm :




technolog!e Soc!eta form
for feudal!sm , !solated !nd!v!duals apathy pol!t!cal
example :
, ,




cyn!c!sm.rat!onalc!t!zensyouhavetechnology.technology.!s completely separated from Soc!ety
and the !ntroduct!on of that
techonology leads to a Soc!eta form .

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