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Outline the key similarities and differences between Heidegger and Marcuse in relation to the impact of modern technology This essay will seek to delineate the key similarities and differences between Martin Heidegger and Herbert Marcuse in connection to the impact of technology. To begin Heidegger had a simple upbringing in the countryside this lead him according to Macquarrie to have a "critical and almost prophetic stance in the technological age". (page 1 John Macquarrie)1 Heidegger's work focuses on the question of the meaning of Being, which directed him to see the essence of technology not actually being technical (Biemel pp134)2 just as the essence of the tree "is not itself a tree, which can be found among the other trees." (pp13 Heidegger)3 Heidegger's explanation of technology takes us further than other interpretations. He argues that modern science is in essence technological, which means what goes on in modern science corresponds to...

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