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DismantlingtheConceptofTechnology
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resources,andstrategyofactionintertwinewitheachother?As
aworkinghypothesis,letustrythisanswer:Tetermcertainlyrefers
toasetofpracticesandmechanismsbothlinguisticandnon-lin-
guistic,juridical,technical,andmilitarythataimtofaceanurgent
needandtoobtainanelectthatismoreorlessimmediate.Butwhat
doesitmeantousealltheabovemeansinasituationofimminent
need?Well,itseemstomethatthetermdispositifmeansnothingelse
butakindofucrisismanagement”oraseriesofanswerstotheucrisis
situation”.Tetermudispositive”meanssimplyacertaincomposition
offorces,themobilizationofallavailablematerialandimmaterial
resources,allavailablepowersofaction,inordertocreateausetting”
capableofworkingtogetherandcapableofdealingwiththecrisis.
Butwhatisthecrisisthatwillgiverisetotheannouncementofaper-
manentstateofemergencywhichisprobablynever-ending?Inwhat
sensedoesthecrisisallowustoannouncethestateofmobilizationin
whichhumanitymustremainatitsdisposal,justasnature,waiting
fortheverdictinitscase?
ClosingConcepts
Well,theanswertothislastquestionisquitetwisted.Iamsaying
thatthestateofemergencyisannouncedwhenhumanityiscon-
cernedaboutthedisappearanceofuhumanity”.Nothingconcerns
humanitymorethanthefactandthepossibilityofitsdisappearing.
Technics,automation,cybernetics,andsimulatedintelligencedisturb
humanitynotonlybytheirinvasiveness,butalsobythefactthatthey
createthepossibilityofanotherintelligence,anotherpolicy,another
organization,adilerentcomposition,andanotherdemocracy.Hu-
manitywishestoensureitspurityandthepurityofitskeyconcepts.
Technologycreatesathreatofanuuncleanspecies”andnon-human
elements.Technologyevokesthefantasyofsubjectingandcaptur-
inginhumanity,anditisnotsurprisingsincethatsamehumanity,
fromthebeginning,fromPrometheus,mustfindintechnologythe
sourceofitsstrengthandthemomentofitsbirth,i.e.,thetechnology
ofsubjectificationandsubjectivizationpower.Whatdoesthislast
ambivalencemean?
Itmeansthatatechno-logicalbeingispermanentlyandirrevers-
iblypharmacological(Stiegler2015).Tepharmacysellsmedicines