Summary - TST 11

TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES


TST 11

Francisco Joaquín Cortés García
La importancia de las redes de infraestructuras y del industrialismo en el pensamiento politécnico

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Key words: École Polytechnique; Saint-Simon; industrialism; rail networks.

[ Abstract ]

The École Polytechnique was the academic and scientific institution for to define the modern engineer profession and the consolidation of the nets of infrastructures and public services as unifying elements of the modern societies. In this article we meditate about the importance of the physical and financial infrastructures for the Saint-Simon’s doctrine and for the ideals of the engineer who belonged to the École Polytechnique.