Study On Thomas P.Hughes's Technical Thought

Thomas P.Hughes is an outstanding American historian of technology.He devoted all his life to the technical theme of thinking and gained many honors.Hughes realized that technology affects society and society shaped technology,this interaction is only in the mists of time to feel,so Hughes believes that technology can not be isolated,but needs to be placed in the historical and cultural environment of the.Therefore,Hughes' s research has always focused on the history of technology in social development.Hughes goes deep into the interior of technological development,examines how the social factors associated with technology affect technology,and at the same time stands outside the technical system and analyzes the interaction of technology and society macroscopically.He created a Technical system methods Technological momentum and Reverse salient and other important concepts as analysis tool technology system,promoting innovation and technology evolution system.Hughes will be a series of non entity components into the system,breaking the traditional sense of the technology system that is independent of the existence of the view,enrich the social integrity system,but also for the study of the history of technology provides a new path.Hughes is in a prosperous era of science and technology,relying on his technology thought his research can be roughly divided into three stages: The first stage: “Networks of Power” published preliminary show Hughes technology thought framework;The second stage: “ American Genesis” and “ Rescuing Prometheus” was published,this is Hughes the idea of the perfect time,and show his powerful narrative ability;The third stage: “ Human-built world” is a turning point in Hughes' s thought of technology.Not only did he make a theoretical improvement in methodology of technical systems,but he also had a deeper level of thinking about technology.Hughes began to consider the relationship between technology and the ecological environment and culture and art,and put forward the concept of Eco-technology system.Hughes' s technical thought is of great value to people's understanding of the nature of technology and the motive force of technological development.It is of enlightening significance to the development of science,technology and related disciplines in China.The important concept of the technological thought,since a lot of research on the history of mining technology for long neglected problems,research on the history of technology in the reduction of the original objective,has great significance in technology development,and further promote the social construction of discipline development.In the history of science and technology,he is a leading scholar and a pioneering historian.