Heidegger and the Technocratic Warping of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Martin Heidegger notably argued that modern technology differs from technology of the past because it constitutes an ontological condition that is shaped by technological structures which determine our views of the world as being scientifically dependent on ordering. This study engages with Heidegge...

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Published in:Cultural studies, critical methodologies critical methodologies, 2022-06, Vol.22 (3), p.321-332
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