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Critical Discourses on Technology in the Era of the Anthropocene
[journal article]
Abstract This paper attempts to unravel and explore the stark contradiction
between the quest for technological advancement and the struggle for
human welfare and well-being. In the frame of Hegel’s master and slave
dialectic, the author tries to present the notions of humanity and
technology as thesis a... view more
This paper attempts to unravel and explore the stark contradiction
between the quest for technological advancement and the struggle for
human welfare and well-being. In the frame of Hegel’s master and slave
dialectic, the author tries to present the notions of humanity and
technology as thesis and antitheses by which the dawning synthesis of
technological sensitivity to nature and an ecologically friendly human
innovation and emancipation can be made possible. The paper draws
heavily from the concepts introduced by notable philosophers, such as,
Bernard Stiegler, Donna Haraway, N. Katherine Hayes, Andrew
Feenberg, Douglas Kellner, Herbert Marcuse, George Lukacs, Georg
Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Karl Popper,
Aldo Leopold, and Enrique Dussel. Out from the brilliant concepts of
these thinkers, altogether their ideas had served as the building blocks
in tracing the origin, nature, history, development, and the future of
both the humankind and technology, and its impact to the natural
ecology. The author attempts to work out a coherent synthesis of these
prevailing thinkers. Their ideas aimed to lead, support, enhance, or give
way to the possibility of the notion of an ecologically, environmentally,
nature and human-friendly technology.... view less
Keywords
philosophy; Frankfurt School; Marcuse, H.
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Free Keywords
technological rationality; philosophy of technology; Anthropocene; Mining Problems; Ecological Imbalance
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 84-113
Journal
Social Ethics Society : Journal of Applied Philosophy, 9 (2023)
Issue topic
Philosophy of Technology and Science
ISSN
2546-1885
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0