As explicações Míticas da Tecnologia e o Gnosticismo Tecnológico: construção e crítica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvação

This paper aims to approach the construction of the salvific discourse of the technology through authors Hermínio Martins and Paula Sibilia, seeking to identify the criticism they present in such discourse. In order to reach the intended goal, the main arguments of the two traditions of the dominati...

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Main Author: Vanessa Mocellin
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Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) 2023-12-01
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Online Access:https://oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/oqnfp/article/view/984
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As explicações Míticas da Tecnologia e o Gnosticismo Tecnológico: construção e crítica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvação
O Que Nos Faz Pensar
technology
technological gnosticism
promethean tradition
faustian tradition
transhumanism
salvific discourse
title As explicações Míticas da Tecnologia e o Gnosticismo Tecnológico: construção e crítica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvação
title_full As explicações Míticas da Tecnologia e o Gnosticismo Tecnológico: construção e crítica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvação
title_fullStr As explicações Míticas da Tecnologia e o Gnosticismo Tecnológico: construção e crítica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvação
title_full_unstemmed As explicações Míticas da Tecnologia e o Gnosticismo Tecnológico: construção e crítica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvação
title_short As explicações Míticas da Tecnologia e o Gnosticismo Tecnológico: construção e crítica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvação
title_sort as explicacoes miticas da tecnologia e o gnosticismo tecnologico construcao e critica ao discurso sobre a tecnologia como salvacao
topic technology
technological gnosticism
promethean tradition
faustian tradition
transhumanism
salvific discourse
url https://oquenosfazpensar.fil.puc-rio.br/oqnfp/article/view/984
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