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DismantlingtheConceptofTechnology
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EuropeanpowerswasspokenthroughthewordsofSaintPaul,who
famouslyproclaimedthatuthereisnoauthorityexceptfromGod”.
NotonlyeverypowercomesfromGod,butalsoeveryGodandevery
ruleontheearthmustfinditsjustificationinthepoweroftechnology
orthepowerofensuringorderonearth.Tereby,theuautomat”,
uapparatus”,dispositif,oruinstallation”iswhatGodhasbecome.Te
installationbringsindilerencetojusticeandinvalidatesallrevolution
exceptthetechnicalrevolution.
TheConceptofApparatus
GiorgioAgamben,inhisfamouscommentaryonthewritingof
MichelFoucaulttitledWhatIsanApparatus?,convincesusthatthe
centralyetenigmaticconceptfortheauthorofTeHistoryofSexu-
alitywasthatofudispositive”.Agamben(2009,1-25)claimedthat
dispositif,oruapparatus”(inEnglish),isadecisivetechnicaltermin
thestrategyofFoucault’sthought.Foucault(1998)introducedthis
conceptinthefirstvolumeofTeHistoryofSexualitywhenhede-
scribedwhathecallstheudeploymentofsexuality”.Foucaultwrote:
Tedeploymentofalliancehasasoneofitschiefobjectivestorepro-
ducetheinterplayofrelationsandmaintainthelawthatgovernsthem;
thedeploymentofsexuality,ontheotherhand,engendersacontinual
extensionofareasandformsofcontrol.(Foucault1998,75)
Foucaultadds:Tedeploymentofsexualityhasitsreasonforbeing,
notinreproducingitself,butinproliferating,innovating,annexing,cre-
ating,andpenetratingbodiesinanincreasinglydetailedway,andin
controllingpopulationsinanincreasinglycomprehensiveway.
WithoutgoingintoapolemicwithAgambenwhetherornothe
isaccurateinhisdiagnosesofapoliticalandintellectualstakein
Foucault’sphilosophy,Iwouldliketotakeamomentofreflection
onthekeyconceptofdispositif(apparatus)inthecontextofourpre-
viousanalysesofthetermutechnology”.Inwhatsenseudispositif
(uapparatus”)dilersfromtheconceptofutechnology”,especiallyin
theHeideggeriansenseoftheterm?
WhatHeideggercalledGestellisatfirstglancesimilar,froman
etymologicalpointofview,todispositio,disponere,justastheGerman