The history of technology and the european unity

Abstract

This paper sets into parallel lines the birth and the evolution, in Europe, of a discipline—the History of Technology—and that of an idea which leads to the construction of the European Union. It shows the dependence of the History of Technology and of the idea of European unity on human thought, on cultural and spiritual contexts. At the same time highlights a wide range of chronological similarities, of a similar rhythm of evolution, maturation, and implementation.