Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2014, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 221-225.DOI: -

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Technology in the Perspective of Cultural Feminism

YI Xianfei1,2, ZHANG Yanchao2, FU Changmei3   

  1. (1. Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 100732, China; 2. School of Marxism, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China; 3. Department of Humanism & Social Science, Shenyang Aerospace University, Shenyang 110136, China)
  • Received:2013-09-16 Revised:2013-09-16 Online:2014-05-25 Published:2014-12-30
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Abstract: Cultural feminism advocates uplifting the belittled womens values, reclaiming their value space and reestimating their contributions to the development of human technology. In the view of cultural feminism, technology contains a gender metaphor. From the perspective of gender culture, Morgan, based on the evolutionary anthropology, divided technology into collecting and mining technology, Mumford divided technology into container and disposable technology, and Riane Eisler divided technology into “Holy Grail” and “Sword” technology. Social constructivism serves as the basis of cultural feminisms understanding towards technology, expanding a new technology system with femininity would be the goal of technology development, and the value of technological innovation could be achieved through the mutual construction of technology and gender.

Key words: cultural feminism, technology, gender metaphor

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