[ Fétichisme technologique au siècle des lumières et à l’époque contemporaine ]
Volume 75, Issue 1, October 2024, Pages 20–29
Amara Salifou1, Amidou Koné2, and Mathieu Kadio Angaman3
1 Enseignant-Chercheur, Chercheur à la Chaire UNESCO de Bioéthique, Département de Philosophie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Enseignant-Chercheur, Chercheur à l’UPR Philosophie politique et sociale, Département de Philosophie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Enseignant-Chercheur, Chercheur à la Chaire UNESCO de Bioéthique, Département de Philosophie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
How can technology, perceived by the general public as the crucible of rationality and impartiality, become an obvious source of submission to uncompromising power? This article attempts to shed some light on this fundamental question, taking the Enlightenment and the contemporary era as its starting point. The study reveals the fetishising of technology during these two periods, which were marked by technico-industrial dominance and a kind of reversal of thinking that placed individuals and the whole of nature under the dome of domination. How did we manage to reconcile technology and fetishism? What impact did this technology of divination have on the Enlightenment and the modern age? How can we break free from this technological spell? Using a historical and critical approach, this paper seeks to shed some light on the subject. The aim of this incursion is to deconstruct the mythical and mystical forms at work in technological deployment. In terms of results, the aim is to achieve a genuine culture of the technical object and to escape from any spellbinding universe.
Author Keywords: Afklärung, contemporary period, fetishism, liberation, technology, universalism.
Volume 75, Issue 1, October 2024, Pages 20–29
Amara Salifou1, Amidou Koné2, and Mathieu Kadio Angaman3
1 Enseignant-Chercheur, Chercheur à la Chaire UNESCO de Bioéthique, Département de Philosophie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire
2 Enseignant-Chercheur, Chercheur à l’UPR Philosophie politique et sociale, Département de Philosophie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Enseignant-Chercheur, Chercheur à la Chaire UNESCO de Bioéthique, Département de Philosophie, Université Alassane Ouattara, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: French
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
How can technology, perceived by the general public as the crucible of rationality and impartiality, become an obvious source of submission to uncompromising power? This article attempts to shed some light on this fundamental question, taking the Enlightenment and the contemporary era as its starting point. The study reveals the fetishising of technology during these two periods, which were marked by technico-industrial dominance and a kind of reversal of thinking that placed individuals and the whole of nature under the dome of domination. How did we manage to reconcile technology and fetishism? What impact did this technology of divination have on the Enlightenment and the modern age? How can we break free from this technological spell? Using a historical and critical approach, this paper seeks to shed some light on the subject. The aim of this incursion is to deconstruct the mythical and mystical forms at work in technological deployment. In terms of results, the aim is to achieve a genuine culture of the technical object and to escape from any spellbinding universe.
Author Keywords: Afklärung, contemporary period, fetishism, liberation, technology, universalism.
Abstract: (french)
Comment la technologie, perçue dans l’entendement général comme le creuset de la rationalité et de l’impartialité peut-elle se présenter comme source manifeste de soumission à un pouvoir sans concession ? C’est la réponse à cette question fondamentale à laquelle cet article tente d’apporter des éclairages en prenant pour socle, le siècle des lumières et l’époque contemporaine. Cette étude décèle la forme fétichisante de la technologie au cours de ces deux périodes marquées par une dominance technico-industrielle et une sorte de renversement de la pensée qui soumet les individus et la nature toute entière sous la coupole de la domination. Comment est-on arrivé à concilier technologie et fétichisme ? Quels sont les impacts de cette technologie de divination sur le siècle des lumières et l’époque contemporaine ? Comment sortir de cet envoûtement technologique ? Par l’entremise d’une approche historique et critique, cette réflexion tente d’apporter des éclairages. L’objectif de cette incursion est de déconstruire les formes mythiques et mystiques en œuvre dans le déploiement technologique. En termes de résultats, il s’agit de parvenir à une culture véritable de l’objet technique et sortir de tout univers envoûtant.
Author Keywords: Afklärung, époque contemporaine, fétichisme, libération, technologie, universalité.
How to Cite this Article
Amara Salifou, Amidou Koné, and Mathieu Kadio Angaman, “Technological fetishism in the age of enlightenment and contemporary times,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 20–29, October 2024.
