Technological Conspiracies
Comte, Technology, and Spiritual Despotism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6252198 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lawrence Quill (0000-0002-7020-6106, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-111 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913811.2016.1167407 |
| OpenAlex | W2338336469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 33 |
While there have been numerous critiques of the ideology of technology, it is useful to situate technology within both a liberal and a conspiratorial framework. The early work of Auguste Comte offers an ideal vehicle for this kind of analysis. Liberalism’s embrace of technology is developed in Comte to produce a theory of scientific and technical elites intent on reinventing society and the individual. This “technological conspiracy” reads very much like elements of a Silicon Valley manifesto describing the cyber-utopia of a near tomorrow. For these reasons Comte is relevant to a discussion of conspiracy today
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| Citations per year | 0.1 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |