THE MACHINE AND THE SPIRIT: THE ANTI-TECHNOLOGICAL HUMANISM OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY LATIN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS

Authors

  • Iván Jaksić Stanford University (Estados Unidos)

Keywords:

Technology, humanism, Spanish American essay

Abstract

The Spanish American essay of the 20th century reveals a marked bias against technology, perhaps as a reaction to the Positivism and alleged materialism of the previous century. Ever since José Enrique Rodó’s Ariel intellectuals have advanced a secular notion of the “spirit” to oppose the pervasive and growing presence of technology in human life.

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Published

2018-12-31

How to Cite

Jaksić , I. . (2018). THE MACHINE AND THE SPIRIT: THE ANTI-TECHNOLOGICAL HUMANISM OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY LATIN AMERICAN INTELLECTUALS. Anales De Literatura Chilena, (30), 17–35. Retrieved from https://revistacienciapolitica.uc.cl/index.php/alch/article/view/32941

Issue

No. 30 (2018): Año 19

Section

ARTICULOS

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