这门课的目的是分析文化和科学相互作用的方式, 作为特殊的文化形式, 通过历史的互动相互塑造. The subject articulates both the historical dimension and the great areas of science; hence the historical transformations are explained as well as it shows the cultural components in which the scientific and technological change has shaped the most important cultural mutations. 特别是, 这门课将科技革命的概念作为激进革命和文化变革的一部分.