Abstract
The transformation of the industrial society into its post-industrial stage, in which the paradigm of industrialization is converted, is analyzed with two axes; technological-economic and cultural-cognitive. Polarization of two tendencies along these axes (hyper-industrialization and anti-industrialization) appeared at the first stage of transformation, and post-industrialization is supposed as overlapping of these two tendencies at the second stage.In an industrial society mode of integration consists of “modern” dichotomous framework of cognition in the cultural-cognitive aspect and of “mechanical technology” in the technological-economic aspect. From this mode of integration two contradictory transformations are derived. Coming of post-mechanical or information technology in the technological-economic aspect and hyper-industrial tendency on the one hand, and at the same time, upsurge of “post-modernism” in cultural-cognitive aspect and anti-industrial tendency on the other. Leaving technological-economic aspect out of consideration, “post-modernist” criticism of industrial society proposed little significant alternatives, nor did hyper-industrial tendency.Facing up to various crises of hyper-industrial mode of development, polarisation of the two aspects have begun to overlap. Overlap and interaction of these two trends leads to post-industrial stage, in which alternative modes of technological-economic development are sought through reconsidering “modern” framework of cognition. Examinating different perspectives of D. Bell and of A. Touraine, post-industrialization as a actual problematic is explored.
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