The dissertation explores the problem of machination in Heidegger’s philosophy of technology. The dissertation reveals not only the influence of the term machination in Heidegger’s thinking since 1932, but also shows the formation of the conceptual horizon of the term even before the so called “turn” (Kehre). The dissertation research systematizes different trajectories of reflection on machination, revealing the ambivalence of the term machination in Heideggerian thinking. Machination is recognized by Heidegger as situated in the core of the Western metaphysics or as the nucleus of metaphysics. Hence, in his analysis, the philosopher reveals the term machination as the epicenter of “the oblivion of Being”. The study also seeks to show the importance of the term machination for Heidegger in terms of the National Socialist ideology, Gestell, as well as in exploration of the topic of overcoming technicality. To address the problem of machination in the dissertation research, both early and late Heideggerian philosophy are discussed. Great attention is paid to Heidegger’s texts after “the turn” and the Black Notebooks, written in 1932 and 1941, because this was the period when philosopher mainly developed the subject of machination. The aim is to show that the term machination is the connecting link between Heidegger’s early works on technology, beginning with the series of lectures in 1924 and called Basic Concepts of Aristotelian Philosophy, moving to the Bremen lectures delivered in 1949 and the problem of overcoming technicality in late philosophy, which is reflected in such texts as the Building Dwelling Thinking and others. Moreover, the research developed in the dissertation seeks to resolve the disagreements that exist between contemporary discourses that draw on Heidegger’s philosophy of technology without engaging in a detailed reflection on the concept of machination.
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