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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 Kovács
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: LXXVIII/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 14-35
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Hungarian