Aramis, or, The love of technology

著者

• Latour, Bruno

書誌事項

Aramis, or, The love of technology

Bruno Latour ; translated by Catherine Porter

Harvard University Press, 1996

• : pbk

タイトル別名

Aramis, ou, L'amour des techniques

統一タイトル

Latour, Bruno -- Aramis

注記

Originally published: Paris : Éditions La Découverte, c1993

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780674043220

内容説明

Frankenstein's monster was born of human endeavour and 19th-century ignominious end but provided many lessons during his 24 years of plans and prototypes. Aramis, the guided-transportation system intended for Paris, represented a major advance in "personal rapid transit" - a system that combined the efficiency of a subway with the flexibility of the private automobile. But in the end, the system of electronic couplings proved too complex and expensive, the political will failed, and the plans were jettisoned in 1987. The story of Aramis, of its birth and death, is told here by several different parties, none of which is given precedence over any other: an engineer and his professor, who together act as "detectives" to ferret out the reasons for the project's failure; company executives and elected officials; a sociologist; and finally Aramis itself, who delivers a passionate plea on behalf of technological innovations that risk being abandoned by their makers. Technology has needs and desires, especially a desire to be born, but cannot function without the sustained commitment of those who have created it. Part novel and part sociological study, Bruno Latour has written a tale of a technological dream gone wrong. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis's trail - conducting interviews, analyzing documents, assessing the evidence - perspectives keep shifting: the truth is revealed as multilayered, unascertainable, comprising an array of possibilities worthy of "Rasbomon". The reader is eventually led to see the project from the point of view of Aramis, and along the way gains insight into the relationship between human beings and their technological creations.

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780674043237

内容説明

Bruno Latour has written a unique and wonderful tale of a technological dream gone wrong. The story of the birth and death of Aramis-the guided-transportation system intended for Paris-is told in this thought-provoking and fictional account by several different parties: an engineer and his professor; company executives and elected officials; a sociologist; and finally Aramis itself, who delivers a passionate plea on behalf of technological innovations that risk being abandoned by their makers. As the young engineer and professor follow Aramis's trail-conducting interviews, analyzing documents, assessing the evidence-perspectives keep shifting: the truth is revealed as multilayered, unascertainable, comprising an array of possibilities worthy of Rashomon. This charming and profound book, part novel and part sociological study, is Latour at his thought-provoking best.

目次

Preface Prologue: Who Killed Aramis? 1. An Exciting Innovation 2. Is Aramis Feasible? 3. Shilly-Shallying in the Seventies 4. Interphase: Three Years of Grace 5. The 1984 Decision: Aramis Exists for Real 6. Aramis at the CET Stage: Will It Keep Its Promises? 7. Aramis Is Ready to Go (Away) Epilogue: Aramis Unloved Glossary

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA40010397
• ISBN:
  • 0674043227
  • 0674043235
• LCCN: 95034920
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 原本言語コード: fre
• 出版地: Cambridge, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: x, 314 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HE4769.P3
  • DC20 : 388.4/0944/361
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Local transit -- France -- Paris Metropolitan Area
  • LCSH : Personal rapid transit -- France -- Paris Metropolitan Area
• 統一タイトルID:
  • EA00190287