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An Analysis Of Marcuse's Critical Theory Of Technology

Posted on:2018-09-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H Z ChengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330512487768Subject:Philosophy
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Marcuse is an outstanding representative of the Frankfurt school,his critical theory has important significance to the day after the theoretical research.Marcuse's theory of criticism has a long history,in the succession and development of the ideas of Marx,and so on,such as,such as,the formation of his unique theory of critical technology,such as the theory of the theory of the people's Republic of China,such as the theory of the people's Republic of China,such as,such as,and so on,such as the theory of the.In his view,the technology itself is a form of governance;technology is no longer just a tool,but a control of the social ideology,as a kind of suppression of the people,the tool to bind people.Marcuse pointed out that all aspects of the technical control of society has become the root of all evil suppression of mankind.At the same time,Marcuse also proposed the way out of alienation,that is,through the new technology,the establishment of Eros and civilization in order to achieve a better life free.Marcuse's thoughts are full of criticism and transcendence.At the same time,it criticizes the western developed society and puts forward the way to freedom,harmonious and beautiful society.The critical performance: he pointed out that in western developed industrial society,technology has become a new form of control,affects all aspects of people's lives,make people become unilateralists,society into one-dimensional society.In the control of technological rationality,human consciousness loses criticism and negative,also become rigid,single,technology evolved into a kind of ideology,and thus have unidirectional political and one-way culture.In this regard,Marcuse put forward to overcome the alienation of technology means,this is his idea of Transcendence: through rational restrictions on the technology,the establishment of Eros and civilization of the Communist society,"the great refusal" revolution,to abandon the disadvantages brought by technology,so that people get the liberation,freedom of return.This paper is divided into the following three parts.The first part introduces Marcuse'slife and the origin of his theory of technology and the background of the times.The solution of this problem is helpful to understand the cause and influence of Marcuse thought.Based on the analysis of social and economic development at the time of the technical background of Marcuse's theory of inheritance based on analysis of the theory,clarify its theoretical development,analyzes the reason and meaning of the alienation of science and technology theory.The second part,the main content of systematic interpretation of Marcuse's critical theory of technology,to further understand the alienation of his critique of technology theory,and how to overcome the alienation of the proposed solutions,combined with the social background at that time,Marcuse's critical theory of technology connotation research.This paper mainly studies the theory of "one dimension","new society","new technology" and "the liberation of Eros",and analyzes the overcoming of alienation and human freedom.In the third part,the author makes an analysis of Marcuse's concept of freedom of technology,and reveals the limitations and causes of the limitations of his theory of technological criticism.The limitation of Marcuse's theory of technology is explained.The text study on Marcuse's critical theory of technology,analyzes its limitations,to a rational view of Western technology in the developed industrial society,provide a thinking direction for the development of technology of economy of our country.In the age of Marcuse and although where we are in the wrong time,but he ruled for technical phenomenon in the west,the political dimension of technology,society,culture,thought of ideological analysis,these thoughts provide a new perspective for philosophy on the philosophy of technology,is of great significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Marcuse, Technology, Critical Thinking
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