A Research On The Critical Theory Of Technology In The20st Century

Because the rapid development and widespread application of technology.Inmodern society, technology has become an indispensable part. The same time, tech-nology, after different periods of reform, carries the different social, economic andcultural patterns, reflects the historical development of mankind. The critical theory oftechnology that has an impact on human society of critical reflection on the develop-ment of the modern technology, increasingly attracted the attention of philosophers.The critical theory of technology is a philosophical reflection on technology theme ofWestern philosophy in the twentieth century. Critical theory of technology as a philo-sophical concept of the term appeared in the1960s. But in the early20th century,some thinking on the critical theory of technology are scattered among the writings ofmany philosophers. In the20th century, the famous philosopher Martin Heidegger,Marcuse thought from all angles of technology through critical thinking. So, this pa-per think the20th century as a technical criticism of the theory of the emergence anddevelopment time limit, both from a technical background, or from the theoreticalbackground of the development of philosophy, we can study the course of develop-ment of the critical theory of technology from a macro point of view.In this paper, case study of the philosophical theories of Martin·Heidegger andHerbert·Marcuse have make thematic studies on the evolution of twentieth centuryphilosophy of critical theory of technology development system. In manycontemporary Western philosophy on technical, as concern the negative impact oftechnology in human society, German philosopher Martin Heidegger issued “to savehumanity and nature "," poetic dwelling "appeal. Coupled with Heidegger attentionand learn from the Chinese traditional culture. The theory has been greatlyrepercussions in today’s China that is moving toward modernization. Also, because the progressive and in-depth development of the technology. Marcuse and his student,Andrew·Feenberg，Who was the same strain from Heidegger, Some relevant researchtheoretical results in development made by them in the critical theory of technology,At the same time, attention gradually in Chinese philosophy. And the time of theirtheoretical achievements and technology development period correspond with eachother. Not only in theory, with a connecting relationship, and represent different stagesof development of the critical theory of technology. At the same time, correspondingto the development of the historical background of the technology, also reflects theimpact of technology in modern society, in the philosophy of technology.At present, research on the critical theory of technology, the main theoreticalresearch on the writings of Heidegger, Marcuse, people have received a lot of resultsespecially research on Heidegger’s critical theory of technology. Chinese philosophershave studied Heidegger’s theory about the technology from different perspectives,some people translate or explain his philosophical concept, the basic concept of"Dasein", for example, there have been "pro","this is""This","margin" a differentunderstanding. Some scholars have different views on the Definition of pre-and postideas of Heidegger, some scholars think the relationship between language andexistence. Some scholars think about the philosophy of technology from therelationship between man and nature, some people think that classical Chinesephilosophy associated with it, etc. Articles published in core journals, nearly onehundred per year, has accumulated more than3000articles in2010.Similarly, those studies on the writings of Marcuse, domestic scholars focused onMarcuse’s book is about technology (rational) criticism, critique of ideology, PopularCulture Criticism, Eros liberation, Philosophy of technology, etc. Along withMarcuse’s writings on modernity have received increasing attention in foreigncountries,.At present, there are many scholars focus on to reread Marcuse from theperspective of technology and modernity study the internal logic of modernitycriticism, and research that post-technological rationality.Domestic scholars on the critical theory of technology search in CNKI only11papers, mostly on some articles, an overview of the main point involved in somepaper, but very few.All in all, some studies in the country are on the part of the book written bytheir.In particular, there are many papers on the writings of Heidegger and Marcuse’swritings, and most papers are on comparative analysis of the basic viewpoints of theCritical theory of technology. Although there have been numerous number of papers. However, so far has not published a book that discusses the impact about the technicaldevelopment of the critical theory of technology development. This article containscertain theoretical and practical, with some associated theories as a guide and contactthe actual situation on the technical development, this paper has a double meaning intheory and practice.