Back to the Roots

Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald; Dr. Bettina-Johanna Krings M.A.; PD Dr. Andreas Lösch; PD Dr. Dirk Scheer

doi:10.5771/9783748963073

Zusammenfassung

Die Ziele des Buchprojektes sollten folgende sein:

Konzeptionelle Prämissen der (deutschsprachigen) TA sichtbar machen;

Dokumentation der spezifisch historischen Entwicklung der TA in Deutschland auf der Basis von ausgewählten Texten nachvollziehen;

Autor:innen und deren Verdienste in diesem Kontext sichtbar machen;

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Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.09.2025
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-3343-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-6307-3
Verlag: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Reihe: Gesellschaft - Technik - Umwelt
Band: 26
Sprache: Englisch
Seiten: 449
Produkttyp: Sammelband

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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Preface Seiten 1 - 6 Download Kapitel (PDF)
Bettina-Johanna Krings, Armin Grunwald, Andreas Lösch, Dirk Scheer Download Kapitel (PDF)
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  1. 1.1 Risk as a key concept in TA – the problem-oriented dimension Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 1.2 TA as advice – the consultative dimension Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 1.3 TA as communication and participation – the discursive dimension Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 1.4 TA as a theoretical approach – the action-theoretical and system-analytical dimension Download Kapitel (PDF)
2. 2. Conclusion and outlook Download Kapitel (PDF)
3. Original Publications: Download Kapitel (PDF)
4. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
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1. Gotthard Bechmann Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. The concept of early warning Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. The need to consider the future Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 3. Forecast dilemma Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. Forms of prognosis Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 5. The importance of prognosis in TA investigations Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
2. Ortwin Renn Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. Introduction Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. (1) Risk assessment with threshold value setting (targets) Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. (2) Revealed preference approach Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. (3) Expressed preference approach Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. (1) Welfare theories Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. (2) Marginal cost analysis Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. (3) Social indicator solution Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. (1) Voting procedure Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. (2) Participation procedure Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. (3) Muddling Through Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. (1) Cost-benefit analysis Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. (2) Risk-benefit analysis (risk-benefit balancing) Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. (3) Multi-attributive decision procedures Download Kapitel (PDF)
    4. (4) Planning models Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. (1) The scenario technique Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. (2) Interdependency analysis Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. (3) The basic needs concept Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. 6. Summarized criticism of the techniques and methods of technology assessment Download Kapitel (PDF)
  8. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
3. Erwin Münch, Ortwin Renn Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Methods and results of forward-looking risk calculations Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. The intuitive perception of risks Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 3. Imagined complaints – a guide to the psychology of risk perception Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. Risk sources more important than risk size Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 5. Rational versus irrational risk perception – a false starting point Download Kapitel (PDF)
4. Gotthard Bechmann Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Preliminary remarks Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. Risk as a socio-theoretical concept Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 3.1 Differentiation into functional subsystems Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 3.2 Follow-up problems Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. 3.3 Loss of overall social representation (of the general interest) Download Kapitel (PDF)
    4. 3.4 Shifting the time horizon Download Kapitel (PDF)
    5. 3.5 Orientation toward curiosity Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 4.1 Form and type of technical-ecological risks Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 4.2 Time dimension and technical-ecological risks Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. 4.3 Technological-ecological risks and the social dimension Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 5.1 Ethics and risk Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 5.2 Rationality and risk Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. 6. Outlook: Living in a hypothetical society Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
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1. Renate Mayntz Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. The function of TA for policy development Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. The context of TA use: the nature of political rationality Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 3. Consequences for the use of TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. Measures to extend the influence of TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 5. National differences and their consequences for TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
2. Gotthard Bechmann Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. Preliminary remarks: TA – what else? Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 1. Technological consequences and “forecasts” of technological development Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 2.1 Discrepancies between scientific and political action orientation Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 2.2 On the specific implementation problems of TA studies Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. 2.3 Impact orientation in politics Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 3. Institutionalization patterns of TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 4. Limits of instrumental reason Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. 5. Concluding remarks Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
3. Thomas Petermann Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. Preliminary remarks: The TA debate between continuity and innovation Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 1. The classic TA paradigm Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 2. The classic criticism topoi of the 1960s and 1970s Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 3. TA as a deficient entity – especially from the perspective of social science technology research Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 4. If there were something to be learned – what would there be to learn? Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. 5. Concluding remarks Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
4. Thomas Petermann Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. Introduction Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 1. Counseling as a process (The difficult dialogue) Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 2. Technology development as an evolutionary process Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 3. The state as a disenchanted center Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 4. Summary and outlook Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
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1. Herbert Paschen Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Concept and purpose of TA; processing TA analyses Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. Critical comments on the TA concept Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. (a) Transparency of the TA process Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. (b) Information for the public Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. (c) Ensuring maximum active, direct participation Download Kapitel (PDF)
    4. (d) Technology assessment as an argumentative process Download Kapitel (PDF)
    5. (e) Development of adequate procedures Download Kapitel (PDF)
2. Leonhard Hennen Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Participation, discourse, and technology assessment Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. Everyday life, science, politics: On the crisis of scientific-technological rationalization Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 3. Discourse as a medium of social integration Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. TA and discourse: TA as a formalization of public technology controversies Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 5. On the relationship between scientific discourses and TA discourses Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. 6. TA discourse and institutionalized procedures for democratic decision-making Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. 7. Benefits and limits of discourses on technology Download Kapitel (PDF)
  8. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
3. Fritz Gloede Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Participation as a program Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 2.1 Decision rationalization Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 2.2 Democratization Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. 2.3 Social learning processes Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 3.1 Organization of social learning processes or “rationalization” of decisions made? Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 3.2 Problem-induced or technology-induced TA? Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. 3.3 Normative or empirical consensus hypothesis? Download Kapitel (PDF)
    4. 3.4 All-round “willingness to learn” or social democratization and a “round table”? Download Kapitel (PDF)
    5. 3.5 Scientific discourse or rationality of the “lifeworld”? Download Kapitel (PDF)
    6. 3.6 Resource asymmetry in TA discourses or excessive demands on interested citizens and associations? Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. Outlook Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
4. Gotthard Bechmann, Fritz Gloede Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. Preliminary remarks Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 1. State action and early warning Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 2.1 Identifying problems by observing symptoms Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 2.2 Problem identification through system-oriented approaches Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 3.1 General selection services of the political system Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 3.2 Social and institutional boundaries Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 4. Opening up the political system to science and the public Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
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1. Herbert Paschen, Thomas Petermann Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. Preliminary remarks Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 1. Basic concerns of the TA concept Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 2. Pros and cons in the debate on TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 3. The “ideal concept” Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 4. Problematization of the “ideal concept” Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. 5. The problem of implementing TA results Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. 6. Concluding remarks Download Kapitel (PDF)
  8. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
2. Meinolf Dierkes, Katrin Hähner Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. The social background: From enthusiasm for technology to technology ambivalence Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. Societal technology control as compensation for inadequate self-control Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 3. Technology genesis as an opportunity to supplement traditional TA research Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. Next steps in technology control: Regulating consequences and controlling causes Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
3. Carl Friedrich Gethmann Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Technology assessment and ethics of technical action Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. Technology assessment as a rational enterprise Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
4. Armin Grunwald Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Technology management, technology assessment, and technology ethics Download Kapitel (PDF)
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      1. (1) Ethics and the integration of society Download Kapitel (PDF)
      2. (2) Ethics, technological conflicts, and pluralism Download Kapitel (PDF)
      3. (3) Ethics and the uncertainty of predicting the consequences of technology Download Kapitel (PDF)
      4. (4) The lack of addressees of ethics Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 2.2 The accusation of normative deficits in systems theory Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 3.1 Practical relevance of ethics in technology design Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 3.2 Observer or participant perspective? Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. Ethical limits of technology? Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
5. Armin Grunwald Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Relevance of cognitive problems in TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. Fields of investigation and methodological approach Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 3. Epistemological status of TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 4. Cognitive limits of TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 5. The theory-practice dilemma of TA and its resolution Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
6. Gotthard Bechmann, Günter Frederichs Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. 1. Technology assessment as “problem-oriented research” Download Kapitel (PDF)
  2. 2. The changing relationship between science and society Download Kapitel (PDF)
  3. 3. Characterization and delimitation of “problem-oriented research” Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 4.1 The inherent uncertainty Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 4.2 The hypotheticality of knowledge Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. 4.3 The fusion of facts and values Download Kapitel (PDF)
  5. 5. The political function of problem-oriented research Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. 6. Uncertainty and discourse: Structures of “problem-oriented research” Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)
7. Fritz Gloede Download Kapitel (PDF)
  1. Preliminary remarks: The boom and criticism of a label Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 1.1 Problem-oriented research and the genesis of the “classic” TA concept Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 1.2 Ambivalences in technology policy and the dilemmas of TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 2.1 Scientism Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 2.2 Normativism Download Kapitel (PDF)
    3. 2.3 Pragmatic mediations Download Kapitel (PDF)
  4. 3. Reflexive scientification and TA Download Kapitel (PDF)
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    1. 4.1 “Impact” assessment as technological determinism? Download Kapitel (PDF)
    2. 4.2 Consequences of a social science concept of technology Download Kapitel (PDF)
  6. 5. Institutional conditions Download Kapitel (PDF)
  7. Literature Download Kapitel (PDF)