The Fate of Equality in a Technological Civilization

Autor/in	Stivers, Richard
Titel	The Fate of Equality in a Technological Civilization
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 28 (2008) 5, S.363-371 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467608322536
Schlagwörter	Democracy; Ideology; Cultural Pluralism; Political Issues; Political Attitudes; Social Justice; Disadvantaged; Social Behavior; Competition; Technology; Social Environment; Social Values; Democratic Values; Science and Society; Intergroup Relations; Social Integration; Postmodernism; Intellectual History; Political Power; Technological Advancement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demokratie; Ideologie; Kulturpluralismus; Politischer Faktor; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Wettkampf; Technologie; Soziales Umfeld; Sozialer Wert; Intergruppenbeziehungen; Soziale Integration; Postmoderne; Geistesgeschichte; Politische Macht; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung
Abstract	The meaning of equality has been radically altered since the Enlightenment. In the 18th century, equality acquired political and economic meanings specifically in the contexts of democracy and capitalism. Today, the context in which equality is understood and practiced is technology as our most immediate and compelling environment. Moreover, the reality of equality contradicts the ideology of equality within this technological context: The ideology of equality as pluralism and cultural and communicative equality is contradicted by the reality of group conformity and group competition on the one hand and uniformity on the other hand. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10