
German philosophers of technology
The philosophy of technology is a sub-field of philosophy that studies the nature of technology and its social effects. Philosophical discussion of questions relating to technology (or its Greek ancestor techne) dates back to the very dawn of Western philosophy.
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Walter Benjamin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable philosopher and critic whose ideas, developed in the 1930s, became highly influential after his death while escaping the Holocaust.
10 February 2022
Featuring: Esther Leslie, Kevin McLaughlin, Carolin Duttlinger
PhilosophyJewish philosophersGerman philosophers of art20th-century German philosophersHumboldt University of Berlin alumniGerman Marxist writersGerman philosophers of languageGerman philosophers of technologyGerman literary criticsExilliteratur writers20th-century German male writersGerman philosophers of historyWriters from BerlinGerman philosophers of cultureGerman male essayistsGerman male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of literatureJewish socialistsWeber's The Protestant Ethic
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Max Weber's book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.
27 March 2014
Featuring: Peter Ghosh, Sam Whimster, Linda Woodhead
HistoryHumboldt University of Berlin alumniDeaths from pneumonia in GermanyGerman philosophers of scienceGerman philosophers of technologyGerman political philosophers19th-century German writersGerman nationalists19th-century German philosophersContinental philosophersCritics of work and the work ethicGerman philosophers of historyPhilosophers of economicsAcademic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin19th-century German male writersUniversity of Strasbourg alumniUniversity of Göttingen alumniGerman philosophers of cultureEconomic historians, German sociologists20th-century German philosophersMax WeberHeidelberg University alumniEconomic sociologistsPeople from the Province of SaxonyWriters about activism and social changeMembers of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences