MARTIN HEIDEGGER AND THE QUESTION OF BEING IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SPACE

Victor Justice Pitsoe and Stefan Vladutescu
Additional contact information
Victor Justice Pitsoe: Department of Leadership and Management College of Education, University of South Africa, South Africa
Stefan Vladutescu: University of Craiova, Romania

Social Sciences and Education Research Review, 2025, vol. 12, issue 2, 210-217

Abstract: This article critically examines Martin Heidegger's philosophical question of Being within the contemporary context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Heidegger's existential analytics and critique of modern technology provide a robust hermeneutic framework for exploring the ontological dimensions of human existence amid digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and pervasive automation. Through six thematic analyses—Heidegger's fundamental ontology, technology and enframing, authenticity and alienation in the 4IR, digital subjectivity, epistemic mediation, and ethical-political implications—the study investigates how Heidegger's thought elucidates emerging challenges and prospects within the rapidly evolving 4IR milieu. The paper contends that although the 4IR profoundly reshapes the structures of human life, Heidegger's insights remain crucial for cultivating a deeper understanding of our ontological condition and for critically challenging technological determinism and existential alienation in an age characterised by unprecedented digital acceleration.

Keywords: Heidegger; Question of Being; Fourth Industrial Revolution; Technology; Ontology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://sserr.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/sserr-12-2-210-217.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:edt:jsserr:v:12:y:2025:i:2:p:210-217

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17870697

Access Statistics for this article

Social Sciences and Education Research Review is currently edited by Stefan Vladutescu

More articles in Social Sciences and Education Research Review from Department of Communication, Journalism and Education Sciences, University of Craiova
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dan Valeriu Voinea ().