The Liberating Force Of Technology The Instrumentalization

Coming To Life As Classics, They Come To Life As Other Than Themselves; They Are Deprived Of Their Antagonistic Force, Of The Estrangement Which Was The Very Dimension Of Their Truth.

Technological Rationality Reveals Its Political Character As It Becomes The Great Vehicle Of Better Domination, Creating A Truely Totalitarian Universe In Which Society And Nature, Mind And Body Are Kept In A State Of Permanent Mobilization For The Defense Of This Universe.

Entertainment And Learning Are Not Opposites; Entertainment May Be The Most Effective Mode Of Learning.

The Liberating Force Of Technology The Instrumentalization Of Things Turns Into ... The Instrumentalization Of Man.

It Is Generally Admitted That The Cultural Values (humanization) And The Existing Institutions And Policies Of Society Are Rarely,if Ever, In Harmony. This Opinion Has Found Expression In The Distinction Between Culture And Civilization, According To Which "culture" Refers To Some Higher Dimension Of Human Autonomy And Fulfillment, While "civilization" Designates The Realm Of Necessity, Of Socially Necessary Work And Behavior, Where Man Is Not Really Himself And In His Own Element But Is Subject To Heteronomy, To External Conditions And Needs.