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ERIC Number: EJ911355
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Feb
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0270-4676
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The Imperative of Virtue in the Age of Global Technology and Globalized Mass Culture: A Liberal-Humanist Response to the Heideggerian Challenge
Kowalsky, Borys M.
Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, v31 n1 p28-42 Feb 2011
How has the globalization of technology contributed to the globalization of the war against the Enlightenment liberal humanism of Western civilization--in particular, to the globalization of the war between religion and science--and with what problematic moral, cultural, and spiritual consequences? Liberal-humanist and Heideggerian perspectives on this issue are considered. The latter is chosen because it constitutes an enduring philosophical and political challenge to liberal humanism. For Heidegger, liberal humanism, far from providing a solution to the problems of global technology, is an inherent part of the problem. A case in point is liberal democracy's use of technology to produce and purvey a humanly degrading mass culture which it also uses technology to export abroad, in effect, to globalize. The author sets forth a defense of liberal humanism against these criticisms. (Contains 5 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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