Gandhi's technoscience: Sustainability and technology as themes of politics

Sustainable Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 183-196

  Ninan, Anup Sam ^a  

^a BIGSSS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gandhian critique of modern technology; Social shaping of technology; STS and Gandhi; Sustainable development and Gandhi; Technological determinism; Technology politics

Indexed keywords

PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 70049118863     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.381     Document Type: Article

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