Technology and monotheism : a dialogue with Neo-Calvinist philosophy

Szerszynski, Bronislaw (2010) Technology and monotheism : a dialogue with Neo-Calvinist philosophy. Philosophia Reformata, 75 (1). 43–59. ISSN 0031-8035

Full text not available from this repository.

Abstract

In Nature, Technology and the Sacred (2005) I argued that the modern project of the technological mastery of nature remains profoundly shaped by its religious roots. In this paper I explore connections and tensions between this analysis and the neo-Calvinist critiques of modernity and modern technology advanced by Herman Dooyeweerd and Hendrik van Riessen. I explore the relationship between Dooyeweerd’s analysis of Western culture as a sequence of religious ‘ground motives’ and my own in terms of the series of ‘orderings of the sacred’ which together constitute the ‘long arc of monotheism’. I relate van Riessen’s analysis of the internal structure of technology to my argument that this structure has been shaped by transformations in the sacred since the Protestant reformation. I conclude with some observations, prompted by the divergences between the two accounts, concerning the relationship between technology, monotheism, history and politics.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Philosophia Reformata
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1211
Subjects:
?? religiontechnologymonotheismdooyeweerdvan riessenneo-calvinist philosophyphilosophy ??
ID Code:
67700
Deposited By:
Deposited On:
25 Nov 2013 09:10
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
Last Modified:
15 Jul 2024 14:22