The Research On The Problems Of Alienations In Technology Based On Rationality And Irrationality

Technology is undergoing rapid advances in our era but identically leads to some sub-effects on different fields of human society and the negative effects are getting more and more obvious. It's like a coin with two sides. On one hand, it contributes a lot in developing productivity in economy and improving the living condition of human-beings. On the other hand, it brings on alienations which often go together with technology into such aspects as nature, society and even human nature. Therefore, how to prevent such alienations and in what way to make the development of technology and human-beings more harmonious and identical have become the most rigorous problems in the contemporary age.Based on the theory of knowledge in technology and human nature, the present essay deeply analyzes the origins of technology alienations, which are thought to be the results of people's failing to coordinate the relationship between rationality an d irrationality. On this point, the essay presents that it demands a humane introspection for the dialectical relationship between the two so that it can finally offers strategy to countermove the alienations. The essay firstly gives definition to the following basic theories: technology, technology alienations, rationality and irrationality. Then, according to the influence that alienations bring to nature, society and human nature, the essay analyzes the two critical origins of alienation deeply, the rational one and the irrational one,and at last finds that people's failing to coordinate the relation between rationality and irrationality is the final cause of technology alienation. Therefore, the only way to eliminate or reduce the negative effects of technology alienations is to make proper rearrangements of technology rationality and value rationality, renew the traditional views, set up scientific standard, improve the system and at the same time initiate human spirits in science and technology.The essay gives high concentration on the origins of technology alienation, aiming to identify the key roles that the coordination of rationality and irrationality plays in solving the problem. Finally the conclusion has been drawn as follows: only the perfect coordination and agreement of rationality and irrationality, value rationality and human rationality can really eliminate the bad effects of technology alienation. This will undoubtedly contribute much to the strategic decision for technology advances and also be of great realistic value in dealing with the dilemma between the contradictive roles that technology development plays in both economic...