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Andrew Feinberg Technology Critical Theory Traceable

Posted on:2011-05-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C R JinFull Text:PDF
GTID:2190360305996207Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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The rapid development of information technology in the 21st century today, extensive use of technology and mass of the extension to the whole world caught unwittingly in the process of modernization among the under in this new wave of promoting the emergence of a number of important disciplines, philosophy of technology is the recent years, along with the extensive application of technology the negative and the negative nature of the social problems caused by gradually produced, and in the West have attracted considerable attention.By Andrew Feenberg contemporary technology represented by U.S.philosopher, committed to technology-depth study of critical theory, put forward a number of unique insights and innovative thinking, and since 1991 he wrote a critical theory of technology trilogy, namely"Critical Theory of Technology","transformation technology", and"alternative modernity" which explains his three books at different times on different views of modern technology and unique knowledge, as These works were published in the English-speaking world makes Feinberg has caused no small response, while in our country are also beginning to receive attention.Feenberg's critical theory is to produce technology today does not impact small, access to such a great honor, not their own can achieve overnight, and successful completion of the direct, the reason is that he absorb and learn from the founding fathers thought essence, which stood on the shoulders of giants, see further. Feenberg's Critical Theory of Technology to benefit from the technical view of Heidegger's philosophy of great masters, especially in the critical social construction of extreme experience, drew on Heidegger's view of the technical nature and basis of the theory in Heidegger have their own innovations on; He also absorbed the Frankfurt School and its representatives Marcuse on the Technical Rationality and ideology, and to start it as Jichu a reason he's on the technology of transformation, further construct their own Technology democratic theory. Feenberg manifested at a higher level of their own to support more radical essentialism and structuralism, the predecessors of the point position, but again turned their attention to the issue of pluralism, he considered that science and technology issues should not be living in a community Xiang separation, but rather should be part of social life, his departure from the practice of absorbing the same time learn from Heidegger's point of view of the Frankfurt School critical theory of technology has also advanced to a higher platform, a new era in the 21st century context for a better West pointed out the very good way. The purpose of this paper, starting from the root of a profound master s philosophy of Heidegger, Marcuse, the Frankfurt School and its representatives and their technical nature of the technical concept of doing an in-depth analysis of critical theory, intended to outline a Fynboe lattice is the formation and development of critical theory context by Western social development lesson Wei us to exceed and to find Dao 1 Nenggoucucheng "all the rich people, the interaction of Ke Xuanze Duoyang modernity",comprehensively implement the scientific development concept, realize Zuiguang Da the people's fundamental interests.
Keywords/Search Tags:Technology View, Modern technology, Feenberg, The nature of Technical Critical Theory of Technology
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