ABSTRACT
One of the dominant themes of Heidegger's later writing is his critique of modern technology. Heidegger never liked modern cosmopolitan life, with its consumerism, shallow values and disregard for nature, but from the 1950s onwards this feeling intensified greatly. Humanity's egocentrism, which Heidegger viewed as a symptom of modern metaphysics, gave rise to the 'mindset', a way of understanding beings as a whole, that not only underlies modern technological developments, but also influences the way we approach virtually every other aspect of our lives. Heidegger called this attitude 'Gestell', which means 'enframing'. He claimed that only an understanding of this essence can prepare us for an adequate response to the actual physical problems caused by modern technology. It is clearly Heidegger's hope that true thinking will help prepare the other beginning and save us from being reduced to 'mechanized animals' by technology. Heidegger concludes, therefore, that Technology is a mode of revealing.
