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Technology and the Spirit Ignacio L. Gotz

Technology and the Spirit By Ignacio L. Gotz

Technology and the Spirit by Ignacio L. Gotz


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Summary

Most contemporary accounts of the role of technology in world culture are alarmist and, at times, condemn many uses of technology without much effort to get beyond the surface of this worldwide phenomenon.

Technology and the Spirit Summary

Technology and the Spirit by Ignacio L. Gotz

Most contemporary accounts of the role of technology in world culture are alarmist and, at times, condemn many uses of technology without much effort to get beyond the surface of this worldwide phenomenon. Technological innovations that might rightly be critiqued are taken as representative of the entire field of technology. On the other hand, there are those, including some scientists, for whom technology and its uses pose no questions at all and who seem to delight in predictions of a future totally dominated by technology. They prey on the human delight in newness and innovation and on our readiness to be surprised by what may someday come to be. Gotz takes the position that so-called technology problems are really our problems, not the fault of technology.

Technology is an integral part of what we are as human beings, a significant aspect of our evolution. Gotz also advances the thesis that technology may be viewed from the perspective of the human capacity to grow, and that when we do so, we are, in effect, spiritualizing technology and rendering it more meaningful to ourselves. Gotz suggests several models that may be employed to achieve this spiritualization. This provocative analysis will be of interest to general readers as well as scholars, students, and researchers concerned with contemporary social and religious issues.

About Ignacio L. Gotz

IGNACIO L. GOTZ is Lawrence Stessin Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Teaching Fellow at New College, Hofstra University. Before coming to Hofstra, he taught for many years in India. His books include The Psychedelic Teacher, Creativity: Theoretical and Socio-Cosmic Reflections, Zen and the Art of Teaching, Conceptions of Happiness, The Culture of Sexism (Praeger, 1999), and Manners and Violence (Praeger, 2000).

Table of Contents

Introduction The Problems of Technology The Nature of Technology Reflections on Technology On Spirituality Models of Redemption Spirituality and the Material Technology and Education Some Dangers of Spirituality Conclusion Bibliography Index

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NPB9780275973469
9780275973469
0275973468
Technology and the Spirit by Ignacio L. Gotz
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
2001-08-30
160
N/A
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