Title
The condition of the academic in times of technology
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2021.V44N2.14.P199
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2021
Publication Title
Trans/Form/Acao
Abstract
This paper explores the conditionings upon academics under what Heidegger, in his discussion on the essence of technology, calls das Gestell (the framework). Specially in the humanities, work is dominated by external forces that stress utility and measurable results over the qualitative and that which is immanent to such work. Thus, academics in the field of the humanities must contend with the reification of knowledge in the context of a cultural enterprise that undermines authentic content, through a network of market burocracies that see work in humanities as just another commodity. Academics in the humanities must learn to incorporate these contemporary problems into their subjectivity, in order to gain a clear understanding, and take a stand towards the conditions they face, and the new dimensions of human action that may serve as counterpoise.
Volume
44
Issue
2
First Page
199
Last Page
218
ISSN
01013173
Recommended Citation
Caraballo, Germán Ulises Bula and García, Hernan Ferney Rodríguez, "The condition of the academic in times of technology" (2021). Scopus Unisalle. 857.
https://ciencia.lasalle.edu.co/scopus_unisalle/857
Identifier
85113776322 (Scopus)