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 The contents presented are delivered verbally by Mr. [http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/people/langins.htm Janis Langins], on his last year as professor before his retirement. He is also the author of [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/janis-langins ''Conserving the Enlightenment, French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution''] published by MIT Press.
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+==<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">ERTW, an Opinion - See discussion page</span>==
-===Why Don’t ERTW?===
+<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">What can engineers should do?</span>
--What Veblen saw as revolutionary tendencies among engineers was really an interest in status
+<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Asset themselves into the business world</span>
--Noble: Engineers were co-opted by capitalism
+<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Defend the ideals of workmanship, pride in work</span>
+<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">-Get involved in democratic politics and should rule the world provided:</span>
-===Should Engineers Rule the World?===
+<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">- Humility is employed, dangerous minds think they are always right</span>
--Maybe
+<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" data-mce-style="color: #999999;">	- Engineers for the world</span>
 ==Engineers in Antiquity==

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The Corps du génie (Corps of Military Engineering)

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	===The Corps du génie (Corps of Military Engineering)===		===The Corps du génie (Corps of Military Engineering)===
	====A. Transition from the freelance Renaissance artist-~~engineer to~~ a member of an organization		====A. Transition from the freelance Renaissance artist-engineerto a member of an organization====
	The Corps du genie (Corps of Miltary Engineering)~~====~~		The Corps du genie (Corps of Miltary Engineering)
	• Fortress engineers: specialization in fortress building, better educated, more technical background 33% nobel		• Fortress engineers: specialization in fortress building, better educated, more technical background 33% nobel
	• Siege (and trench engineers): vauban started here...millitary background nobles but not much experience. 64% nobels rudimentary education		• Siege (and trench engineers): vauban started here...millitary background nobles but not much experience. 64% nobels rudimentary education
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	====E.Evolution to a Corps royal du genie====		====E.Evolution to a Corps royal du genie====
	- Louis the 16th, praised nobility and made people have to have 4 degrees of nobility, the counter revolution begins before the revolution, a lot of causes		- Louis the 16th, praised nobility and made people have to have 4 degrees of nobility, the counter revolution begins before the revolution, a lot of causes
	-Membership (%) of commoners in : 58% in 1692-1715, 1716-1747 55%; 1748-1777 43%; 1778-1791 25%,		-Membership (%) of commoners in : 58% in 1692-1715, 1716-1747 55%; 1748-1777 43%; 1778-1791 25%,



	==The Engineer Goes To School==		==The Engineer Goes To School==

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	== Preface ==		== Preface ==
	The Engineer in History (HPS283) is a humanities elective offered by [[The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST)]] at [[University of Toronto]]. This course presents an extended personal argument that engineers in the modern world are the most important social category of the modern world in ways that go well beyond the fact that they make things and solve technical puzzles. A look at the history of the profession is used to support this argument. Examining the role engineers have played in history up to and including the present will illuminate the complex links that exist between technology and society. Topics that are discussed includes the birth of engineering as a profession, conceptions of society that have been moulded or influenced by engineers, the image that society has had of them, and their place in the social structure.		The Engineer in History (HPS283) is a humanities elective offered by [[The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST)]] at [[University of Toronto]]. This course presents an extended personal argument that engineers in the modern world are the most important social category of the modern world in ways that go well beyond the fact that they make things and solve technical puzzles. A look at the history of the profession is used to support this argument. Examining the role engineers have played in history up to and including the present will illuminate the complex links that exist between technology and society. Topics that are discussed includes the birth of engineering as a profession, conceptions of society that have been moulded or influenced by engineers, the image that society has had of them, and their place in the social structure.

	The contents presented are delivered verbally by Mr. [http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/people/langins.htm Janis Langins], on his last year as professor before his retirement. He is also the author of [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/janis-langins ''Conserving the Enlightenment, French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution''] published by MIT Press.		The contents presented are delivered verbally by Mr. [http://www.hps.utoronto.ca/people/langins.htm Janis Langins], on his last year as professor before his retirement. He is also the author of [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/janis-langins ''Conserving the Enlightenment, French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution''] published by MIT Press.
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	==ERTW, an Opinion==		==ERTW, an Opinion==

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			== Preface ==
			The Engineer in History (HPS283) is a humanities elective taught by [[The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IHPST)]] at [[University of Toronto]]. This course will present an extended personal argument that engineers in the modern world are the most important social category of the modern world in ways that go well beyond the fact that they make things and solve technical puzzles. A look at the history of the profession will be used to support this argument. Examining the role engineers have played in history up to and including the present will illuminate the complex links that exist between technology and society. Topics that will be discussed will include the birth of engineering as a profession, conceptions of society that have been moulded or influenced by engineers, the image that society has had of them, and their place in the social structure. Although the course will also deal with issues that are relevant to the contemporary world, the approach will be historical because without knowing something of the historical background the discussion of social issues in engineering often degenerates into vague generalizations. The social history of engineering not only permits engineering students to get a better knowledge of their own profession but also gives new insights about the society in which their forbears have worked and in which they will have to work as well. Like society itself engineering has been changing and always will be changing. If our consciousness of the changing nature of engineering is sharpened, we will be better equipped to deal with the changes in our profession and the societies in which it exists in order to deal with the increasingly important challenges of the future.


			The contents presented are delivered verbally by Mr. Janis Langins, on his last year as professor before his retirement. He is also the author of [https://mitpress.mit.edu/authors/janis-langins ''Conserving the Enlightenment, French Military Engineering from Vauban to the Revolution''] published by MIT Press.


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