Eric Schatzberg

Eric Schatzberg is a Professor in the Department of the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research focuses on the history of technology, particularly the cultural and intellectual dimensions of technical choice and the evolution of the concept of technology itself.

• Fields of Interest: History of Technology, Technical Choice, Cultural History of Technology, Intellectual History of Technology, Science and Technology Studies

His influential work Technology: Critical History of a Concept (University of Chicago Press, 2018) examines the tension between instrumental and cultural views of technology, tracing its historical development from ancient Greece to the mid-20th century. He has also engaged with thematic clusters such as histories of planning and critiques of technology.