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Homo Faber and Homo Economicus in the Scientific Revolution (Hardcover)
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Homo Faber and Homo Economicus in the Scientific Revolution (Hardcover)
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This book tells the story of how the "servile arts" turned into the
"mechanical arts," which in turn developed into a kind of
philosophical apparatus that made modern science possible. 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 Caliskan 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.
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