Öncü, Ahmet
A Sociological Inquiry into the History of the Union of Turkish Chambers of Engineers and Architects
This study presents a unique case study regarding the radicalization of professionals (engineers), and provides a theoretical framework for unifying the micro and macro levels of social theory. It lays a theoretical foundation in the excursus on Gramsci and Veblen, and presents a short history of modern Turkey focusing on the state/society relation. It then presents a detailed accounting of the Union of Turkish chambers of Engineers and Architects from 1954 to 1980.
Table of contents (main headings): Preface; Foreword 1. Introduction 2. Dialectics of Technology, Engineers and the State: An Excursus on Gramsci and Veblen 3. Struggle for Hegemony in the State and the Production of the Sphere of Autonomy: The Case of Turkey, 1908-1980 4. The Turkish Engineer against the Foreign Expert: The Union of Turkish Chambers of Engineers and Architects from 1954-1965 5. The Discovery of Technique or Criticism: The UTCEA in the 1965-1970 Interregnum 6. The Political Production of Autonomy: The UTCEA in the Period 1974-1980 7. Conclusion and Discussion: The State, Engineers and Technological Criticism Bibliography; Index
| Lingua | eng |
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[author] Öncü, Ahmet |
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Dittatura
Studi di caso Turchia
case studies
Dictatorship Turkey |
