Technology and the Problems of Freedom: Phenomenological Reflecttions of Martin Heidegger

Authors

  • Mikhael Dua

Abstract

Inspired by the impact of science and technology on Western society, many Eastern leaders requested their societies to learn and live in by logic of science and technology. In this instrumentalist point of view, we control technology, or technology, as tool, can be controled to serve human interests. The article, however, wishes to suggest that our existence can be technologically textured (with respect to the rhythms and spaces of our daily life), or that technology controls us. This article, following the phenomenological reflections of Martin Heidegger, proposes a thesis that the relationship between technology and humans are ambiguous. On the one hand, technology can become a stock which is ready to use for our interests, but on the other hand, it can enframe human beings according to its created systems. In such a situation, the thinking or questioning, of this essence of technology, can be seen as a way towards human freedom and salvation.

Author Biography

Mikhael Dua

Atma Jaya Catholic University, Indonesia

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Vol. 16 No. 1 (2015): January - June 2015

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Research

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