The Interaction between Technology and Modernity as a Source of the Constitution of Romanticism and Implicit Religion
Vol.16,No.2(2024)
The study aims to analyse the relationship between technology and modernity on the one hand and Romanticism on the other. The study examines the recurrent interactions between these two styles of thinking and acting in history. It uses them as a methodological tool to interpret the relationship between society and history and digital technologies in the age of the information revolution. The study emphasises the concept of implicit religion as a form of a particular interpretation of technology in the life of society. Analysing concrete examples, it draws on the specifics of Czech realities and points out some aspects of Czech- digital-romanticism formation.
modernity; digital technology; information revolution; romanticism; industrial revolution; implicit religion; mythologisation
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