Discovering the Cybernetic Brain
Amelia Davenport, February 14, 2021
Amelia Davenport interviews philosopher of science and historian of cybernetics Andrew Pickering. Read Article.
Materialist History or Critical History: A Reply to Jean Allen
Amelia Davenport, January 6, 2021
Amelia Davenport responds to Jean Allen's A Critical History of Management Thought, continuing the debate on scientific management. Read Article.
Walter Polakov and the Hidden History of Socialist Scientific Management
Amelia Davenport, November 10, 2020
Walter Polakov had a combined passion for two seemingly contradictory ideas: scientific management and socialism. How did these two combine? Amelia Davenport interviews Diana Kelly, author of The Red Taylorist: The Life and Times of Walter Nicholas Polakov to bring light to this little known part of US history. Read Article.
The Tortoise and The Hare: Cybernetics, Evolution and Socialism
Amelia Davenport, May 22, 2020
Amelia Davenport argues for the relevance of cybernetics to the project of developing a communism that transcends the modernist project. Read Article.
Stealing Fire From the Gods: Interview with Amelia Davenport
Amelia Davenport, November 24, 2019