Post-development and Questions Concerning Technique: In the Time of the Fukushima Crisis

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This article examines the problems associated with the modern paradigm of development through the lens of post-development critique of technique. Drawing on Cornelius Castoriadis’ reflection on the ancient Greek notion of technique, author elucidates the relationship between technique and politics: technique is closely associated with capacity of constituting the human world. From this vantage the article examines the modern technology, especially its value and meaning in the culture of modernity. It illuminates how the modern technology obliterates the authentic notion of technique and serves as a means for the expansion of global capitalism. Author contends in line with Serge Latouche and Hannah Arendt that the technology-driven industrial economy undermines not only ecological and social but also political condition of sustainability. Author concludes the article by presenting ethical and political challenges to be tackled in the context of the Fukushima crisis.

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