Martin Heidegger · Philosophy
In his later thought, Heidegger turned to technology - not as gadgets and machines, but as a <em>way of revealing</em> the world that has come to dominate the modern age. Modern technology, he argues, discloses everything as ‘standing-reserve’: mere resource to be ordered, stockpiled, and used. This <em>enframing</em> is the supreme danger - and yet, he says, it may also harbor a saving power.
You learned that for the later Heidegger, technology is not just machines but a way of revealing (enframing, Gestell) that discloses everything as ‘standing-reserve’ - resource to be ordered and used. Explain the difference from ancient craft (technē as bringing-forth), why enframing is the supreme danger,…
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