A totalitarizmus (egyik) leckéje
One of the Lessons of Totalitarism
Reflections upon the Dominance of Technology and Production in the Postmodern Age
Author(s): Attila KovácsSubject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: consumption; Ge-stell; modernity; work; postmodernity; techné; technology; production; totalitarianism; human needs
Summary/Abstract: Technology and totalitarianism seem to be separate domains of our contemporary world. These two categories are, however, strongly related: totalitarianism, which pertains to the essence of modernity, also has a cultural connotation that associates it with the exclusive character of technological hegemony. Technological dominance can be viewed as a special configuration of totalitarianism, the understanding of which can take us a long way towards a deeper comprehension of technology.
Journal: Erdélyi Múzeum
- Issue Year: LXXVIII/2016
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 14-35
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Hungarian