The Gods and Technology
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The Gods and Technology

A Reading of Heidegger

Richard Rojcewicz

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The Gods and Technology

A Reading of Heidegger

Richard Rojcewicz

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The Gods and Technology is a careful and original reading of the principal statement of Martin Heidegger's philosophy of technology, the essay Die Frage nach der Technik ("The question concerning technology"). That essay is a rich one, and Richard Rojcewicz's goal is to mine it for the treasures only a close reading of the original German text can bring out. Rojcewicz shows how the issue of technology is situated at the very heart of Heidegger's philosophical enterprise; especially for the late Heidegger, the philosophy of technology is a philosophy of Being, or of the gods. For Heidegger, technology is not applied knowledge, but the most basic knowledge, of which science, for example, is an application. The ultimate goal of this study, and, as Rojcewicz writes, of Heidegger's thought, is practical: to find the appropriate response to the challenges of the modern age, to learn to live in a technological world without falling victim to the thrall of technological things.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780791482308
Topic
Teologia e religione
Subtopic
Filosofia delle religioni

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APA 6 Citation

Rojcewicz, R. (2006). The Gods and Technology ([edition unavailable]). State University of New York Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/2673932/the-gods-and-technology-a-reading-of-heidegger-pdf (Original work published 2006)

Chicago Citation

Rojcewicz, Richard. (2006) 2006. The Gods and Technology. [Edition unavailable]. State University of New York Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/2673932/the-gods-and-technology-a-reading-of-heidegger-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Rojcewicz, R. (2006) The Gods and Technology. [edition unavailable]. State University of New York Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/2673932/the-gods-and-technology-a-reading-of-heidegger-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Rojcewicz, Richard. The Gods and Technology. [edition unavailable]. State University of New York Press, 2006. Web. 15 Oct. 2022.