As the Technology and Science of "Ideology"

Author: Habermas (Germany), translated by Li Li and Guo Guanyi
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Publish Date: 2002-09-01
Features: In the article "Technology and Science as 'Ideology'," Habermas, on one hand, argues for the rationality of the new structure formed between productivity and production relations in the post-industrial society using his two new concepts—labor (purposive-rational activity) and interaction (institutional framework). On the other hand, he analyzes the development of Western capitalist society over the past century and points out that, "In advanced capitalist countries, two striking developments have emerged: first, state intervention has intensified, and this intervention necessarily ensures institutional stability; second, the interdependence between science and technology has become increasingly close, and this close relationship has made various sciences into a productive force."