Scientific-technological ordering is inherently political
Evidence
In the construction of the technological reality, there is no such thing as a purely rational scientific order; the process of technological rationality is a political process. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 618
Categorization
- DEFINE: Core thesis of the administered society: the ends (Telos) that validate scientific hypotheses are pre-established by a political subjectivity, so ‘pure reason’ in technology is a myth.
- XREF: connects to: Scientific neutrality is itself metaphysical and masks domination — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 43; Science is subordinated to industry within the social division of labor; Hyphenated compounds fuse technology, politics, and military into a single bloc — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 396 (+16 more)
Broader Connections
- Scientific rationalism becomes an instrument of social domination
#expands(0.90) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 141 - Seemingly neutral mechanical communication introduced a modern political metaphysics
#exemplifies(0.85) - Technological rule substitutes causality for choice and effaces the Other
#expands(0.85) — Zygmunt Bauman, Modernity and the Holocaust, 623 - Science and society mutually constitute each other rather than existing separately
#expands(0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1599 - Value-free scientific posture masks scholars’ ties to state power
#expands(0.75) — Edward W. Said, Covering Islam, 322