techno-fundamentalism
techno-fundamentalism noun: a body of beliefs that places unwavering faith in the power of technology to solve all societal problems and advance human progress.
Noun
techno-fundamentalism (usually uncountable, plural techno-fundamentalisms)
- A body of beliefs that places unwavering faith in the power of technology to solve all societal problems and advance human progress.
- Virilio argues thar the latest and most pervasive form of technology as ideology is techno-fundamentalism. Such fundamentalism is, for Virilio, merely a furtherance of the scientific will to power, but one that begins to become the dominant frame through which our existence is measured.2003, Simon Cooper, Technoculture and Critical Theory: In the Service of the Machine?, Taylor & Francis, page 116
- I'm afraid your techno-fundamentalism is as mindless and as full of evil potential as Christian fundamentalism (or Islamic fundamentalism, etc.)2008 January 15, spinoza1111, “A note on computing thugs and coding bums”, in comp.programming (Usenet)
Examples of techno-fundamentalism in a sentence
- They call it "techno-fundamentalism" because there's no reason to believe we will necessary find technology to solve all our problems in time to prevent disasters.2008 February 18, Deidzoeb, “Support or reject this new form of religion, logically, if you can:”, in Atheism vs Christianity (Google...
- Instead of solutionism and techno-fundamentalism, we need to carefully explore the terms on which problems and solutions are made.2019, Daniel Neyland, Vera Ehrenstein, Sveta Milyaeva, Can Markets Solve Problems?: An Empirical Inquiry into Neoliberalism in Action...
Forms of techno-fundamentalism
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Origin of techno-fundamentalism
From techno- + fundamentalism.
Questions about techno-fundamentalism
- What does techno-fundamentalism mean?
- Techno-fundamentalism means a body of beliefs that places unwavering faith in the power of technology to solve all societal problems and advance human progress.
- How do you use techno-fundamentalism in a sentence?
- They call it "techno-fundamentalism" because there's no reason to believe we will necessary find technology to solve all our problems in time to prevent disasters.
- What part of speech is techno-fundamentalism?
- Techno-fundamentalism is a noun.
- What is the plural of techno-fundamentalism?
- The plural of techno-fundamentalism is techno-fundamentalisms.
Words near techno-fundamentalism in the dictionary
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