Politics and the Problem of Technology
An Essay on Heidegger and the Tradition of Political Philosophy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3467992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jerry Weinberger (Michigan State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 112-127 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1964019 |
| OpenAlex | W2330103637 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
I examine Heidegger's postmodern interpretation of technology, with an eye to exposing its weaknesses. I do this by showing that his view entails an understanding of the tradition of political philosophy that cannot do justice to that tradition's own understanding of the character of technology. I consider first Plato and Aristotle and then Hobbes and Locke in order to suggest that Heidegger's view that modern politics are stamped by technological metaphysics can be challenged on two related grounds: (1) it assumes incorrectly that the tradition is dominated by dogmatic metaphysics; (2) it prevents us from seeing how some in the tradition both understood and doubted the possibility of a technological stamp. I then suggest an alternative view of technology that might account better for the character of technology and political life
Character (mathematics · Economic Justice · Economics · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy · Metaphysics · Order (exchange · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Law · Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
The Imperative of Responsibility
Two Treatises of Government, by John Locke, Peter Laslett
Hegel, Heidegger, and the Ground of History
Powers, Possessions and Freedom
Heidegger on Being and Acting
The Human Condition
Heidegger's Confrontation with Modernity
Hegel's Dialectic
Democratic Liberalism and Social Union
The Critique of Pure Modernity
Heidegger's Confrontation with Modernity
Two treatises of government
Poetry, language, thought
On the Sovereign Authorization
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2022 (32) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |