Marx Is Not a Technological Determinist

The paper argues that Marx is not a technological determinist from two perspective: first, Marx maintains that it was the growing market demands, not the technological factor that determined the rise and development of capitalism in the Western Europe. He also argues that technology itself was determined by societal demands. Second,The dialectical method was used by Marx in his studies of society and technology and thdir changes. The technological determinist,however,is the opposite of dialectical reasoning.