Intro; About the Book; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Patrimonialism and Development in Portugal and Brazil; Time, Social Transformation and the Theory of Scientific Revolutions; The Technoscientific Ethos, Communications and Digital Media: The Approach from Sociological Theory; Digital Democracy, the Neoliberal University and Marketisation; Contributions to this Festschrift; References; Part I: In Celebration of the Writings of Hermínio Martins; Hermínio Martins and the State of the Social Sciences: An Interview with the Author; Appendix; Interview; References
Memoirs of His WidowHermínio Martins: Memoir of a Colleague; Alternatives to Physicalism: Memoirs of a Friend; References; Hermínio Martins at Leeds: A Personal Memoir; Part II: Thomas Kuhn and the Theory of Scientific Revolutions; Kuhn and Social Science; References; Revolutions in Science and Art: Martins, Bourdieu and the Case of Photography; Situating Bourdieu: The Sociology of Photography; Bourdieu's Demystifying Gaze; Digression: Bourdieu and Manet-A Case Study of Successful Symbolic Revolution; Symbolic Revolutions, Paradigms and Digital Art: Martins' Sociology of Culture
The Rejection of Caesurism and the Centrality of Epistemological Reflexion for SociologyThe Critique of Technological Utopianism as the Main Task of Sociology Today; The Principle of Technological Plenitude; The Metaphysics of Technoscientific Liberalism; References; Time and Tide in Sociology; References; Transhumanism's Fabian Backstory: A Companion to Martins' Later Work; References; Liminal Contexts and Critical Insights: The Cases of McLuhan and Debray; Marshall McLuhan; Régis Debray; Conclusion; References; Karl Marx: New Perspectives; Introduction: Marx and Marxism
The Sociogenesis of Marx's World-ViewThe Theses on Feuerbach Reconsidered; Marx and the Institutionalisation of Sociology; Concluding Remarks; References; The 'Modelling of Speech' in America and Britain; Prefatory Reminiscences; American and British English; Excursus: On the Politics of Euphemism; Middling Styles; Conclusion; References; The '68 Disobedient Generation' and the Rise of ChiVirLa; The Myth of 'Generation 68'; The Politics of Student Rebellion9; The USA; The UK; The Reactions to Student Radicalization; Neoconservative and Authoritarian; Liberal and Democratic Reactions
The Sociology of Photography: Theorising TechnologyConclusion; References; Part III: Patrimonialism and Social Development in Portugal; Cultural Identity of the Non-Spain: A Case Study of the Cultural Policies of the Portuguese Estado Novo ('New State'); References; Part IV: Social Structures and the Techno-scientific Ethos: The Approach from Sociological Theory; Hermínio Martins' Philosophical Sociology of Technology: A Short Introduction; Martins' Encounter with the Philosophy and Sociology of Science and Technology
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This festschrift commemorates the legacy of UK-based Portuguese sociologist Hermínio Martins (1934-2015). It introduces Martins' wide-ranging contributions to the social sciences, encompassing seminal works in the fields of philosophy and social theory, historical and political sociology, studies of science and technology, and Luso-Brazilian studies, among others. The book features an in-depth interview with Martins, short memoirs, and twelve chapters addressing topics that were central to his intellectual and political interests. Among those that stand out are his critique of Thomas Kuhn's theory of scientific revolutions, his work on the significance of time in social theory and the interweaving of techno-scientific developments and socio-cultural transformations, including the impact of communication and digital technologies, and of market-led eugenics. Other themes covered are Martins' work on patrimonialism and social development in Portugal and Brazil, and his analysis of the state of the social sciences in Portugal, which reflects his highly critical appraisal of the ongoing marketization andneoliberalization of academic life and institutions worldwide.--