How can we relate ourselves to technology in a way that not only resists its devastation but also gives it a positive role in our lives?
Heidegger advocates a turn not from a technological disclosure of being but from a metaphysical interpretation of that disclosure, whereby everything is construed as a resource to be used.
Heidegger’s turning is a manner of “caring” or, more precisely, “poetically dwelling” that fosters a turn in the world involving both conservation (recycling waste and protecting endangered species) and enabling intervention such as architectural dwelling. This points to an ethics of dwelling.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at July 20, 2004 11:47 PM | TrackBack