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technophilia (dict)
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TechnophiliaThe idea of technophilia used occasionally in the critical theory of society describes the new forms of enthusiasm for new technologies und technological innovations, according to the necrophilia-concept of Erich Fromm. The relations between technology and society are described by technophilia and technophobia as two contrary points of view. The first position glorifies the achievements of technology and thinks to be able to cure the results of the technique judged as negative with technical means. The second position regards technology as destructive because it leads to a process of dehumanization and is harmful to man in last consequence. The Spanish sociologist Manuel Castells has examined the changed interactions between technology and the society in his writings about The Information Age. Recently, the idea of technophilia is also used in connection with a behavior which realizes forms of sexual deviance with the help of the computer and the Internet.
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