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EDUCATION, MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND INTELLECTUAL ENSLAVEMENT
| Abstract: This paper focuses on education, modern technology and intellectual enslavement. A distinct contribution of the paper to the current literature is the focus on modern technology as major contributing factor in the process of intellectual enslavement. After a careful and critical theoretical examination of child formal educational level intellectual enslavement, modern technological level intellectual enslavement, powerful, elite class remote control level intellectual enslavement, and personal, individual level intellectual enslavement (individual consciousness or unconsciousness, or critical or uncritical thought processes), the following conclusion is drawn: Obviously, intellectual enslavement is a dangerous social reality in today’s society which results mainly from the powerful forces unleashed by capitalism which have led to members of the powerful, elite class pursuing their interests and promoting their values and ideas and therefore society cannot look for solutions from this class. The solution to intellectual enslavement is most certainly going to come from the actions of concerned educators and more importantly, from the willingness of the unconsciously intellectually enslaved to become conscious of their intellectual enslavement, their contribution to it and their willingness to accept the assistance provided by concerned educators. |
| Keywords: education; modern technology; intellectual enslavement; critical thinking; human intellect |
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