Science, technologie et société : l’approche des représentations sociales
Résumé
The present special issue explores the role that science and technology play in modern common sense and daily practices. The modern techno-sciences introduce new systems of production, regulation, opinion, knowledge and know-how. They propose new dieting rules at the crossroads of private and public health, research and nutrition. Techno-science makes available new technologies of reproduction; in changing ecological practices climate science impacts our lifestyles. Dieting habits, gender relations, bio-medical ethics, our relationship to the natural world, the wish for a child, projection, transmission and identification within the family are redefined , acquire legal acceptance, upset language, and disturb traditions and religious codes, foster political debates and mass fears (Kalampalikis, Haas, Fieulaine, Doumergue, & Deschamps, 2013). We witness the opening of a new era of societal representations. These novelties afford new practices and forge new thinking that invite social sciences – in particular social psychology – to question their theoretical models and approaches with respect to new political, legal, psychological and societal realities.