Abstract
The purpose of the article is to find out the essence of scientific and technological progress as a factor of development of “technological” society. The research methodology is based on the principles of integrity and systematic nature, which could reveal major contradictions in the development of modern technologies related to their impact on contemporary culture. The scientific novelty is to clarify the importance of scientific and technological progress for the development of a “technological” society, to find out the impact of engineering and technology, including information and communication, on modern culture. Conclusions. Sociocultural progress is largely related to the progress of technology and its application for the development of science. The importance and role of technology in sociocultural development throughout human history have grown steadily, reaching an unprecedented level today. The interaction of technology, information and traditional culture and their joint impact on all spheres of human activity is extremely complex, giving rise to many sociocultural issues. However, disputes over the technique’s future concern, not so much technology itself, but the future of civilisation. Humanity is vitally interested in technology, thought as the only common phenomenon of human culture, which has become a factor that largely determines the further development. One of the main causes of many so-called techno-problems is the gap between technology and culture; in the predominance of the paradigm of the dominant role of science and technology in the general development of civilisation in the rather large period of society, in the emergence of this “mass culture”. Therefore, the concern of the objectives and solutions to the problems afflicting cultural studies today requires the formation of a new paradigm of understanding and attitude toward technology in society, including the definition of its role in modern culture and sociocultural transformation’s tools. This refers to a patently controlled process of creating and making extensive use of the technologies required for the betterment of all people.
Highlights
Ever since the beginning of technology, it has been a unique tool for the transformation of human society
There is a breaking crisis about engineering and overall technology, which requires a comprehensive analysis of their status and role in the sociocultural processes
For the information concepts have got this drawback, critical theories have emerged almost simultaneously in the social sciences and humanities, maintaining that the information revolution does create a knowledge society but, on the contrary, creates an environment in which the production of new knowledge grows problematic. This situation prompted the theoretical and methodological need to disclose the substantive component of the engineering and technological process, stipulating the use of the concept of “knowledge revolution”, which precisely reflects the qualitative changes in the ways of producing new knowledge
Summary
The scientific novelty is to clarify the importance of scientific and technological progress for the development of a “technological” society, to find out the impact of engineering and technology, including information and communication, on modern culture. The concern of the objectives and solutions to the problems afflicting cultural studies today requires the formation of a new paradigm of understanding and attitude toward technology in society, including the definition of its role in modern culture and sociocultural transformation’s tools. This refers to a patently controlled process of creating and making extensive use of the technologies required for the betterment of all people
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