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Technicism — is an over reliance or overconfidence in technology as a benefactor of society.Taken to the extreme, some argue that technicism is the belief that humanity will ultimately be able to control the entirety of existence using technology. In other… … Wikipedia
technicism — techˈnicism noun (too great) an emphasis on or concern with practical results or method • • • Main Entry: ↑technic … Useful english dictionary
Technology — By the mid 20th century, humans had achieved a mastery of technology sufficient to leave the atmosphere of the Earth for the first time and explore space. Technology … Wikipedia
Religion (Philosophies of) — Philosophies of religion Marcel, Jaspers, Levinas William Desmond Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973), Karl Jaspers (1883–1969) and Emmanuel Levinas (1906–) seem like a mere aggregate of thinkers. Jaspers, a German thinker who coined the phrase Existenz… … History of philosophy
Themes in Blade Runner — Despite the initial appearance of an action film, Blade Runner operates on an unusually rich number of dramatic levels. [ [http://scribble.com/uwi/br 2019: Off World Archives] ] As with much of the cyberpunk genre, it owes a large debt to film… … Wikipedia
ТЕХНИЦИЗМ — англ. technicism; нем. Technizismus. Установка в оценке техники, исходящая из представлений об автономии технической рациональности, ее трансцендентной сущности, способности к саморазвитию и определяющем характере воздействия техники на общество … Энциклопедия социологии
Marx's notebooks on the history of technology — Karl Marx wrote a number of notebooks on the history of technology. Their whereabouts were not known but in the past they were read and discussed by Marxist writers. Dr Amy Wendling s recent study Karl Marx on Technology and Alienation may have… … Wikipedia
Portal:Technology — Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology … Wikipedia
Friedmann, Georges — (1902 77) A French sociologist, originator, and the driving force behind the Sociologie du Travail in early post war France; also a trenchant critic of the scientific management movement. Sociologie du Travail developed out of Friedmann s… … Dictionary of sociology
scientific management — A leading example of technicism and a theory of work behaviour based on the highly influential and controversial writings of Frederick William Taylor (1856 1915). Taylorism sought to eradicate the industrial inefficiency and loss of leadership… … Dictionary of sociology
