The Paradox and Fate of Technological Rationality in Modern Society

Technological rationality is one of the leading cultural spirits of modern industrial civilization.As a product of the combination of human reason and modern technology,it extends and expands human body,and surpasses its dimension in nature.While it is promoting the cultural development,technological rationality also brings new problem,such as the alienation of modern people,the disenchantment of the world,and ecological crisis and so on.The generalization of technological rationality and its separation from value rationality have put modern society into deep crisis.How to escape from the control of technological rationality as well as the crisis concerns the future of technological rationality and the development of whole society.