The Political Role of Technology
The Political Role of Technology
Author(s): Maroje VišićSubject(s): Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Methodology and research technology, Sociology of Art
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: art; technology; technics; essence; liberation; repression; Marcuse; technological rationality; technoaesthetics;
Summary/Abstract: Author analyses the (political) role of technology in Marcuse’s works. Contrary to critics’ claims author demonstrates that Marcuse already in his early works perceived technology as a new protagonist of historical process. Author then follows in detail how Marcuse developed and elaborated this idea. In the end author proposes term “technoaesthetics” as a notion which describes new aesthetic society that Marcuse envisions.
Journal: Serbian Political Thought
- Issue Year: 15/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 111-130
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English