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Análise Social

versão impressa ISSN 0003-2573

Anál. Social v.181 n.181 Lisboa  2006

 

Dilemas da república tecnológica

Hermínio Martins*

 

O artigo retoma o conceito de «maximalidade tecnológica» formulado por Robert McGinn, apresentando vários exemplos das diversas modalidades da maximalidade tecnológica contemporânea. Demonstra-se que os «efeitos de agregação» de tecnologias supostamente «leves», «suaves» ou «minimalistas» (como potencialmente a nanotecnologia) podem reproduzir os mesmos impactos nocivos sobre o ambiente e as relações sociais. Refere-se a dinâmica dos bens posicionais, intimamente ligada aos processos sócio-técnicos focados no texto, e a inflação dos direitos, com a extensão da linguagem pessoalizante ou animista aos objectos técnicos.

Palavras-chave: Tecnologia, Impactos Sociais, Impacto Tecnológico, Controlo Tecnológico, Maximalidade Tecnológica, Cidadania

 

Dilemmes de la république technologique

L’article reprend le concept de «maximalité technologique» formulé par Robert McGinn et nous donne plusieurs exemples des différentes modalités de la maximalité technologique contemporaine. Il y est montré que les «effets d’agrégation» des technologies soi-disant «légères», «suaves» ou «minimalistes» (comme, potentiellement, la nanotechnologie) peuvent reproduire les mêmes impacts nocifs sur l’environnement et les relations sociales. L’auteur fait référence à la dynamique des biens positionnels, intimement liée aux processus socio-techniques mentionnés dans le texte, et à l’inflation des droits, accompagnée d’une étendue du langage personnalisant ou animiste aux objets techniques.

 

Dilemmas of the technological republic

This article revisits the concept of «technological maximality» formulated by Robert McGinn, and offers several examples of different types of contemporary technological maximality. The author shows that the «aggregation effects» of supposedly «light», «gentle» or «minimalist» technologies (such as, potentially, nanotechnology) may have the same harmful effects on the environment and social relations. There is a discussion of the dynamics of positional goods, closely associated with social and technical processes focused on text, the inflation of rights, and the extension of personalizing or animist language to the realm of technical objects.

 

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* Universidade de Oxford e Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa.

 

 

 

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