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Study On Cultural Values To The Influence Of Technique Progress

Posted on:2014-11-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L L WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2269330401472622Subject:Sociology
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Technology is to meet the various needs of the tools and the means of abstraction andgeneralization. In the course of history that people processing, utilization and transformation ofnature, technology plays an irreplaceable role. But technology and technological progressstrictly subject to various social condition of political, economic, cultural, religious, culturaltradition, social psychology and their interactions. This study focuses on the effect of culturalvalues on the technology and technical progress.The twenty-first Century is the era of knowledge-based economy. The world competition isultimately reflected in the technical and economic comprehensive strength for the key elementsof the contest. Science and technology is the first productivity is allow all doubt, thedevelopment of science and technology has become the priority among priorities of national andsocial development. Science and technology innovation is not to create the subject itself, itssuccess is inseparable from the feeding its profound social cultural soil. Science and technologyinnovation needs to have the correct cultural concept as guidance, and innovative environmentand atmosphere of good as hotbeds of. Culture especially the culture of instrumental rationalityincluded utilitarianism, empiricism and utilitarianism are the foundation and soil science andtechnology innovation.Every technology or small or large progress, have some value guidance, even can say,process technology progress is the historical process of human civilization. In this study,cultural values as the main line, to explore the influence of cultural values on technical progress.In this paper, some results of the previous basis, defines the connotation of cultural values andtechnology, using functional analysis method to discuss the interaction between technology andculture element and its mode. Through the classification and comparative analysis theconception of heaven and man, values, view of public and private, the group has view, view ofreason and desire, deli concept different effect of Western technology, found and the maincomponents of Chinese traditional cultural values and ways of thinking are different degreeshave constraints and obstacles to technology creation. This study thus continue on the way totechnical progress mechanism and effect of cultural values, the cultural values based onscientific research and scientific knowledge, economic action and mode of production, individual brilliance and innovation consciousness, the social division of labor and the way toinfluence the choice of occupation values, the choice of mode of thinking and behavior, thus itshapes the social structure and social system. There is no doubt, for the sustainable developmentof China’s economic and social health, the need to sum up experience of Chinese history oftechnology development, inheritance and essence represented by Mohist school traditionalculture, build and nurture a new cultural concept, established the technical progress of socialculture atmosphere, constructing a kind of idea and system environment conducive totechnological innovation and progress, it should become the strategic choice of promotingsocial progress of technology.In the view of Sociology of culture value function and the effect of technological progressis a beneficial attempt to contribute to the formation of the nation especially understanding thetraditional culture more systematic, comprehensive and rational, and the importance of this kindof soft factors influence on social development.
Keywords/Search Tags:culture, values, technological innovation, social development, functionalanalysis
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