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<p>The following article provides a&#xa0;conceptual-historical sketch of the conceptualisation of ›technics‹ in the public discourse of the so-called ›Berlin Republic‹. In doing so, we are focussing on a&#xa0;term with a&#xa0;long and complex history in German. In German, ›Technik‹ has long been closely associated with the Greek word techné, which refers to artistry and craftsmanship, and since the Enlightenment has developed into a&#xa0;key term that stands for the totality of artificially created, material and immaterial means that humans use to cope with their environment (cf. Pfeifer et&#xa0;al. <CitationRef CitationID="CR13">1993</CitationRef>, lemma Technik). The concept and the matter of ›technics‹ has often been met with ambivalence: as a&#xa0;motor of progress and rationalisation and as a&#xa0;potential source of social dangers and alienation of man from nature. This ambivalence also characterises today’s discourse, especially when the term ›technics‹ appears in the context of bioethical issues or the challenges of digitalisation.</p>

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Technik als kontroverser Begriff in Diskursen um Mensch und Technologie

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    2025年4月23日

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  • Marcus Müller,
  • Constanze Spieß

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The following article provides a conceptual-historical sketch of the conceptualisation of ›technics‹ in the public discourse of the so-called ›Berlin Republic‹. In doing so, we are focussing on a term with a long and complex history in German. In German, ›Technik‹ has long been closely associated with the Greek word techné, which refers to artistry and craftsmanship, and since the Enlightenment has developed into a key term that stands for the totality of artificially created, material and immaterial means that humans use to cope with their environment (cf. Pfeifer et al. 1993, lemma Technik). The concept and the matter of ›technics‹ has often been met with ambivalence: as a motor of progress and rationalisation and as a potential source of social dangers and alienation of man from nature. This ambivalence also characterises today’s discourse, especially when the term ›technics‹ appears in the context of bioethical issues or the challenges of digitalisation.