Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2021, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 18-23.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2021.01.003

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Technological Domination: An Analysis of Marcuse and Foucault

ZHAO Qingbo   

  1. (School of Philosophy and Social Development, Shandong University, Jinan 250000, China)
  • Published:2021-02-08
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Abstract: The work of Marcuse and Foucault provided a classic case for analyzing the interaction between capitalism and the new allocation of technology. Marcuse pointed out that technology controls all fields of political, economic, and cultural life, determines human feelings, needs, and aspirations, and creates a one-dimensional society. Foucault pointed out that technical design realizes the power effect of functionalizing different substances, whose ultimate goal is to allocate, control, and utilize human relationships. Technology has allowed power rule to spread from majestic political institutions to daily life, and technical discipline has become a new form of power organization in daily life. Facing the crisis of technological domination, Marcuse and Foucault provided different solutions.

Key words: technological domination; technical discipline; one-dimensional; Herbert Marcuse; Michel Foucault

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