Elogio de la superfluidad. Entresacado de la orteguiana “Meditación de la técnica” a sus 75 años

  1. Armando Menéndez Viso 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Journal:
TECHNO REVIEW: International Technology, Science and Society Review / Revista Internacional de Tecnología, Ciencia y Sociedad

ISSN: 2695-9933

Year of publication: 2013

Volume: 2

Issue: 1

Pages: 7

Type: Article

DOI: 10.37467/GKA-REVTECHNO.V2.1275 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: TECHNO REVIEW: International Technology, Science and Society Review / Revista Internacional de Tecnología, Ciencia y Sociedad

Abstract

This paper expandson Ortega's definition of technique as the production of the suplerfluous, in order to find out whether limiting our "technological progress" is both possible and sensible. It is shown that a) superfluity is particularly compatible with the social studies of technology of the last few decades, and b) it allows us to make sense of the different discourses trying to drive technology nowadays, from conservationism to economic liberalism. The idea of superfluity presented here is not the solution to our biggest economic and ecological problems, but helps us to duscuss them with greater clarity.

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