Tikkun and techné. A research into the Jewish contribution to the question concerning technology.

Technology is omnipresent in our society, not only through the quantitative dissemination of devices and machines, but also and mainly through the qualitative change our way of thinking and acting is subject to. Although this technicisation of society is mainly a modern phenomenon, we can find both in Plato and Aristotle many references to techné. Through the neoplatonic and neoaristotelian tradition, and mainly through Heidegger's revisiting of this theme, the conceptual framework of this Greek view on techné continues to influence contemporary philosophy of technology. This dualist heritage makes that modern and contemporary interpretations often view technology as a phenomenon which is external to man and culture. This research project intends to to develop an alternative view on technology through Jewish thought which could prove especially fruitful to think the developments in contemporary technology.

Keywords:JEWISH STUDIES

Disciplines:Other engineering and technology, Theology and religious studies