世纪交替之际 ,许多社会学家在进行“千禧年”回顾时 ,都把技术看成是社会前进和社会变革的最基本的推动力。确实 ,理解技术在经济和社会中的作用如今已经成为社会理论中最重要的组成部分。虽然现在赞扬激进的社会变革的社会理论纷繁多样 ,但它们都在各自的核心部分就技术变迁 As centuries turn, many sociologists, in retrospect of the millennium, regard technology as the most basic driver of social progress and social change. Indeed, understanding the role of technology in economy and society has now become the most important component of social theory. Although the social theories that are now applauding radical social change are numerous and varied, they are all about technological change in their respective core parts