The Domination And The Liberation Of Technology Under The Field Of Developmental History Of Marx’s Technological Thoughts

As the human society entered the free capitalism stage of world history, scienceand technology began the crazy trip. Technology---it has completely been startingin the show of its positive values. At the same time technology is gradually causingmany severe social problems, such as it made harm to personal safety and destructionof habitat environment and poisonous tumour of man-made nature. Has the Strongand obvious dualism made full uncertainty in its future social development. But,contrary to most of us, Marx held with the thorough and original views and opinionson the social function of technology and the consequences of the application oftechnology under the circumstances of capitalism system. For the country’s currentand future technological research and development will be greatly appreciated, byresearching, conforming and defining properly about Marx’s technological ideas, anddemonstrating and identifying technology based on theory evidence and guidance.This paper mainly concentrates on Marx’s view of technological essence as wellas technical control functions.First of all, the author will expound Marx’s thoughts on technology. Marx’sideas on the essence of technology in particular. While he Points out that the essenceof technology is not only human nature but also the embodiment of human essence,which is an organic unite of natural and social property. He also thinks that theessence of technology is determined by society as well as a non neutral force withloaded values.Accordingly, values and methodology are considered as the guidance ofresearching technology in the contemporary or even in the whole human history,with the control effects engendered under the process of Ruling class, thetechnological ‘Three Controls’ has been figured out later.‘Three Controls’ are in turn the achievement of social control in traditional society with technology, the formof natural control during the period of liberal capitalism, and the comprehensivecontrol of human society, man-made nature and human mind and consciousnessunder the social shaping of capitalistic monopolization. Therefore, criticize theunreasonable social system, especially the capitalist system.Finally, the author will elaborate the possibilities and requirements oftechnological liberation. He takes loaded values of technology for granted that is inthe form of the interaction with society, it not only embodies the values oftechnology, but reflects the owners’ benefits and social values orientation. Sotechnology is able to be transformed, and the transformation provides the possibilityof its liberation. However, free union workers will revolutionarily change and makean incredible decision on technology in Communist Society. With the abolishment oftechnological functional defects in capitalism, technology will finally be liberated.