The Whorf Hypothesis as a Critique of Western Science and Technology

1972 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
Peter C. Rollins
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Western Science

scholarly journals From a Confucian Literati to a Military General: Li Hung Chang’s Views of Western Technology (1885-1896)

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Haixia Wang
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Change ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
State Power ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Historical Time

<p class="1Body">This paper focuses on Li Hung Chang (1823-1901)’s visit to England and America in 1896, to rethink and revaluate the importat role Li played at that historical time. Li Hung Chang toured Europe and America in 1896 as an imperial envoy of the first rank. Although some aspects of Li’s career and evaluation have been given monographic treatment, there is yet little study on his comments on his attitudes toward Western science and technology. This paper augues that if modernization is a matter of modern state power as an army, navy, or diplomatic corps, then Li was certainly a modernizer. But if modernization is a deeper process of organizational and institutional change, Li was not a determined modernizer. In fact, Li relied heavily on patronage even when he could exercise legitimate political power, in order to adovocate Self-Strengthening Movement.</p>

scholarly journals Islamisasi Ilmu Dan Relevansi Sains-Agama Dalam Al-Qur’an Dan Hadis

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Abd Majid
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Science And Religion ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
Science Of Religion

In the midst of Western science and technology hegemony over the societies of countries around the world, especially Muslims, has had an enormous influence on the style, style and worldview of society, and the most striking is the secularization of science, technology and religion. There is a paradigm that considers the dividing wall between science and religion (Islam). This has led to the impression that religious education runs without the support of science and technology, in contrast, public education is present without a religious touch. To overcome the situation, one of the things to do is to open and re-understand the text of the Qur'an and Hadith, and to establish a dialectic between science, technology, and the science of religion. In addition, the "Islamization of science" project is an alternative to the desecularetation of science and religious science, which seeks to integrate world problems with the hereafter, synthesize faith, science and charity, integrate dhikr with thought. In short, integrating transcendental values into aspects of worldly life including science and technology.

The Fruitful Error: Reconsidering Millennial Enthusiasm

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-98
Author(s):  
Richard Landes
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
New Age ◽  
European History ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Revolutionary Politics ◽  
Global Peace

Apocalyptic hopes for an imminent millenial “new age” have taken a wide variety of forms in European history, from the earlier religious manifestations to the more secular and, hence, more activist ones of the modern world. Although none of these apocalyptic expectations has been accurate, and many have had disastrous immediate consequences for those involved, they have set in motion powerful social dynamics. Western science and technology, revolutionary politics, dreams of global peace, and the realities of world wars all derive peculiar inspiration from the terrible hopes of the millennial vision.

Key Texts: A Different kind of Reformation: Revisiting the Lynn White thesis

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-286
Author(s):  
Christoph Jedan
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Environment Interaction ◽  
Human Environment ◽  
Constructivist View ◽  
Environmental Virtue ◽  
History Of ◽  
Specific Thrust ◽  
Theological Voluntarism

Summary This commentary revisits Lynn White’s article, ‘The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis’ (1967), and questions the assumption that there is a unified ‘Lynn White thesis’. Instead, it proposes a complex narrative in which four key elements can be identified: (1) the long history of human impact on the environment; (2) the claim that the human-environment interaction took on a new, destructive quality around 1850 through the ‘marriage’ of specifically Western science and technology; (3) an historical narrative of how Latin Christianity is responsible for the specific thrust of Western science and technology, in which White identifies Latin theological voluntarism as key trigger; and (4) a constructivist view of religion as malleable. It argues, further, that White’s narrative itself relies on a radical variant of the Latin theological voluntarism that he attacks, and it points towards Christian environmental virtue ethics as an underexplored way forward.

scholarly journals Karakteristik dan Implikasi Sains Barat Modern Terhadap Lingkungan Hidup

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-44
Author(s):  
Akbar Tanjung
Keyword(s):  
Human Activities ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Western Science ◽  
Communication Industry ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Method Of Abstraction

Advances in science and technology have made many human activities easier. Such as convenience in transportation, communication, industry, and security. However, it cannot be denied that many negative impacts are also caused by science and technology, including the environment. The problem that originally wanted to be solved by science and technology turned out to be even more complicated. This study will examine how the characteristics and implications of modern Western science on the environment in a Theological review. This research uses the method of abstraction, holistica, and hermeneutical circles. characteristics of modern Western science are based on rationalists, empiricists, and anthropocentric. So that it has bad implications for the environment, the pattern of human interaction with the environment becomes destructive and exploitative of nature.

scholarly journals Revitalisasi Integrasi Nalar Bayani, ‘Irfani dan Burhani dalam Pengembangan Pendidikan Pesantren

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 347-352
Author(s):  
Mohamad Aso Samsudin
Keyword(s):  
Science And Technology ◽  
Boarding Schools ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
Western Science ◽  
The West ◽  
Global World ◽  
Islamic Values

Along with the development of science and technology, Islamic education is challenged to participate in colouring and adapting the global world. This challenge is addressed differently; there are two attitudes in response to the development of western science and technology. First, cynicism towards the progress of the west. Secondly, appreciative attitude towards western progress. Both are used as benchmarks for the development of education. Islamic boarding schools appreciate the progress of western science from the good side by accrediting it that does not conflict with Islamic values ​​and still maintains Islamic scientific traditions.

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