Technology and nature: a defence and critique of Marcuse
In this paper I intend to discuss the relation of Marcuse’s theory of technology to its grounding in the possibilities he believed lay inherent, but as yet untapped in nature. Marcuse was an early critic of what he considered to be the exploitative, predatory approach to nature brought about through...
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| description | In this paper I intend to discuss the relation of Marcuse’s theory of technology to its grounding in the possibilities he believed lay inherent, but as yet untapped in nature. Marcuse was an early critic of what he considered to be the exploitative, predatory approach to nature brought about through the direction of technology, industry and science under consumer capitalism, however his alternative; a “new science” and “new technology” which would treat nature as an “ally” in the general struggle for liberation and emancipation, was not without its problems. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-954ca989613247db948eb784d4cd08892022-12-22T01:34:43ZengEditura Institutul European IasiPolis: Revista de Stiinte Politice1221-97622344-57502016-11-01IV4(14)4965Technology and nature: a defence and critique of MarcuseMichael KIDD0University of Tasmania, Launceston, AustraliaIn this paper I intend to discuss the relation of Marcuse’s theory of technology to its grounding in the possibilities he believed lay inherent, but as yet untapped in nature. Marcuse was an early critic of what he considered to be the exploitative, predatory approach to nature brought about through the direction of technology, industry and science under consumer capitalism, however his alternative; a “new science” and “new technology” which would treat nature as an “ally” in the general struggle for liberation and emancipation, was not without its problems.http://revistapolis.ro/documente/revista/2016/Numarul_4(14)2016/editorial/4_M%20Kidd.pdfTheory of EchnologyMarcuseNature |
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| title | Technology and nature: a defence and critique of Marcuse |
| title_full | Technology and nature: a defence and critique of Marcuse |
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| title_short | Technology and nature: a defence and critique of Marcuse |
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