Anthropology in the machine age, science fiction as applied sociology: Kurt Vonnegut’s Player Piano and the triumph of the technological fétiche in 20th Century
Kurt Vonnegut’s Player piano literally elaborates an analysis of the triumph of the technological fetishism in the mass society of twentieth century, adopting a humanistic point of view that, despites its resignation, does not succumb to ideology, due to its ironical and reflexive attitude. The arti...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/4721 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/civitas/article/view/4721 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Kurt Vonnegut Technological fetishism Cultural studies of technology Fetichismo tecnológico Sociologia da técnica |
| Sumario: | Kurt Vonnegut’s Player piano literally elaborates an analysis of the triumph of the technological fetishism in the mass society of twentieth century, adopting a humanistic point of view that, despites its resignation, does not succumb to ideology, due to its ironical and reflexive attitude. The article exposes the hypothesis and provides evidences, allowing its discussion and its eventual acceptance, stressing the interfaces between the sociological reflection and science fiction literature according the way they were thought by Wright Mills. |
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