Philosophy of Language

Philosophy of Language

Technology as Sorcery: Heidegger and Tolkien on the Saving Power of Sub-Creation

Escaping the spell of the Machine.

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Eugene Terekhin
Aug 03, 2025
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“Everywhere we remain unfree and chained to technology, whether we passionately affirm or deny it. But we are delivered over to it in the worst possible way when we regard it as something neutral; for this conception of it, to which today we particularly pay homage, makes us utterly blind to the essence of technology.” Martin Heidegger, The…

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