Homo faber and homo economicus in the scientific revolution / Ahmet Selami Calıskan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Çalışkan, Ahmet Selami, 1973- author.

Language:

English

Turkish

Subjects (All):

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Science and civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (137 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2022]

Language Note:

Translation of: Bilim devrimi : homo faber, homo economicus dayanışması

Summary:

"Why did the scientific revolution take place in the West and not in China or the Islamic world? How did humanity's progress in science and technology, which had been moving along at a relatively steady pace for tens of thousands of years, end up taking such an unprecedented leap? Subjecting the history of thought and technology to a novel interpretation based on the relationship between theory and practice, Ahmet Selami Çalışkan argues that the industrial revolution and modern science-and the scientific revolution that preceded both-did not alone suffice to sort out the philosophical problems of their day or to produce the institutions of the modern age. Both required a new sort of human: Homo economicus faber. Tracing the historical emergence of this figure and its persistence in our own age, this book offers an innovative and holistic assessment of the economic, cultural, and political effects of centuries of interaction between East and West and their repercussions in our world today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Introduction

1 Imitation

2 The Epistemological Transformation of Secret Knowledge

3 Quantification

4 The Space of the New Knowledge

5 Mechanization

6 Solidarity between Homo Faber and Homo Economicus

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-327575-3

1-000-61494-8

1-003-27575-3

1-000-61495-6

9781003275756

OCLC:

1311967315