Heidegger on Technology

<p>This collection offers the first comprehensive and definitive account of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy of technology. It does so through a detailed analysis of canonical texts and recently published primary sources on two crucial concepts in Heidegger’s later thought: <i>Gelassenheit</i> and <i>Gestell</i>. <i>Gelassenheit</i> translated as ‘releasement’ and <i>Gestell</i> often translated as ‘enframing’ stand as opposing ideas in Heidegger’s work whereby the meditative thinking of <i>Gelassenheit </i>counters the dangers of our technological framing of the world in <i>Gestell</i>. After opening with a scholarly overview of Heidegger’s philosophy of technology as a whole this volume focuses on important Heideggerian critiques of science technology and modern industrialized society as well as Heidegger’s belief that transformations in our thought processes enable us to resist the restrictive domain of modern techno-scientific practice. Key themes discussed in this collection include: the history development and defining features of modern technology; the relationship between scientific theories and their technological instantiations; the nature of human agency and the essence of education in the age of technology; and the ethical political and environmental impact of our current techno-scientific customs. This volume also addresses the connection between Heidegger’s critique of technology and his involvement with the Nazis. Finally and with contributions from a number of renowned Heidegger scholars the original essays in this collection will be of great interest to students of Philosophy Technology Studies the History of Science Critical Theory Environmental Studies Education Sociology and Political Theory.</p>