European Thought Series--As: As the Technology and Science of "Ideology"

Author: Habermas
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: In the article "Technology and Science as 'Ideology'," Habermas, on the one hand, uses his two new concepts—labor (purposive-rational activity) and interaction (institutional framework)—to argue for the rationality of the new pattern formed between productivity and production relations in post-industrial society. On the other hand, he analyzes the development of Western capitalist society over centuries and points out that, "In advanced capitalist countries, two notable developments have emerged: First, the intervention of the state has strengthened, and such intervention necessarily ensures the stability of institutions; second, the interdependence between science and technology has become increasingly close, and this close relationship has made various sciences into productive forces."