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1. journals.sagepub.com › doi › fullCritical theory and the question of technology: The Frankfurt ...

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   Mar 24, 2021 · To answer this question an account of the theory of technology across critical theory will be provided as a starting point. The second section offers a contemporary assessment of the relevance of the theory of technology in critical theory, taking recent literature on digitization and surveillance capitalism as examples that appear to confirm the prognoses of first-generation critical theory.

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2. www.researchgate.net › publication › 350364190(PDF) Critical theory and the question of technology: The ...

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   Mar 24, 2021 · A central feature of the critical theoretical method is a ‘thicker’, ... critical theory of technology would need to engage with the impact of technology upon. social rationalities. The ...

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4. www.sfu.ca › ~andrewf › booksCritical Theory of Technology: An Overview

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   Abstract: Critical theory of technology combines insights from philosophy of tech-nology and constructivist technology studies. A framework is proposed for analyzing technologies and technological systems at several levels, a primary level at which natural objects and people are decontextualized to identify affordances, complemented by a ...

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5. www.sfu.ca › critical_theory_of_technologycritical theory of technology - Simon Fraser University

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   Instrumental Theory. Instrumental theory offers the most widely accepted view of technology. It is based on the common sense idea that technologies are "tools" standing ready to serve the purposes of their users. Technology is deemed "neutral," without valuative content of its own.

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6. www.academia.edu › Critical_theory_of_technologyCritical theory of technology - Academia.edu

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   Andrew Feenberg. Introduction This chapter summarizes the main ideas of critical theory of technology and shows how it relates to its two sources, Frankfurt School Critical Theory and early work in Science and Technology Studies (STS). 1 Critical theory of technology is concerned with the threat to human agency posed by the technocratic system ...

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   May 17, 2023 · Andrew Feenberg is a pioneer in the development of the philosophy of technology. Before his retirement, he was the Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Technology in the School of Communication, Simon Fraser University, where he also directed the Applied Communication and Technology Laboratory (ACTL). He is the author or editor of thirteen books on Critical Theory, Western Marxism, and the ...

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   Is technology a 'thicker' in critical theory?

   • A central feature of the critical theoretical method is a ‘thicker’, institutions are both instantiations of, and serve to precipitate, forms of rationality. technology is viewed through the lens of critical theory. Our submission is that the

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   What is critical theory of Technology?

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   How can a critical theory of Technology be more robust?

   • Through a reconstruction and engagement with some of the core concepts of first-generation critical theory, as well as the work of Bernard Stiegler and Andrew Feenberg, we can arrive at a more robust theory of technology, capable of critically interrogating the role of technology in contemporary society. Content may be subject to copyright.

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   Can Science & Technology Studies renew critical theory?

   • Science and Technology Studies can play a role in the renewal of this approach. STS is based on a critique of the very same technocratic and scientistic assumptions against which Critical Theory argues. Its critique of positivism and determinism has political implications.

   Critical theory of technology and STS - Andrew Feenberg, 2017

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   What are the limitations of critical theory of Technology?

   • One major limitation of critical theory’s own account of technology is that it operates with the notion of technology as Technik. This instrumental conception of technology does not accord with the social ontology of technology which does not conform to the older notions of automation and de-humanization.

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   What is critical theory?

   • Critical theory is distinctive in its focus on identifying discourses and practices that hold radical transformative potential. This concern derives from the left-Hegelian roots of the Frankfurt School project: the dialectical method focuses on discovering contradictions and avenues for their sublation.

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9. journals.sagepub.com › doi › 10Critical theory of technology and STS - Andrew Feenberg, 2017

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   Feb 9, 2017 · Abstract. The Critical Theory of the early Frankfurt School promised, in Adorno’s words, a ‘rational critique of reason’. Science and Technology Studies can play a role in the renewal of this approach. STS is based on a critique of the very same technocratic and scientistic assumptions against which Critical Theory argues.