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Philosophical perspectives on technology in Chinese Society

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In developing countries today, social attitudes toward technology exhibit a more positive appreciation than is often the case in the developed world. Technology is seen as fundamentally good because of its ability simultaneously to reduce the burden of human labor and to increase productivity. In developing countries, many of the unintended negative side effects of technological development are not yet apparent or sufficiently threatening. At the same time, this positive appreciation is in dialectical relationship with a cultural past and traditional suspicion about technics. A brief case study of the emergence of philosophical perspectives on technology in China can serve to illustrate these points. The argument will begin with some general observations about education and philosophical attitudes toward technology in Chinese culture. It will continue with discussions of philosophy and technics in ancient China and of philosophy and technology in modern China. A conclusion offers some general reflections.

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  • Wang, Nan, 2013. "Philosophical perspectives on technology in Chinese Society," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 165-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:teinso:v:35:y:2013:i:3:p:165-171
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2013.05.001
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    1. Zhu, Qin & Mitcham, Carl, 2020. "Liu Zeyuan's philosophy of engineering and technology: An introduction to his Marxist socioeconomic theory," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    2. Ma, Xiumei & Zhang, Xiaofei & Guo, Xitong & Lai, Kee-hung & Vogel, Doug, 2021. "Examining the role of ICT usage in loneliness perception and mental health of the elderly in China," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).

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