"Technology, Technique & the Body

Edward Tenner (1) makes the point that "IF we define technology as a modification of the environment, then we must recognize the complementary principle of technique: how that modification is used in performance." A central thesis in his article is that technology in and of itself represents only potential; it is the way in which humans employ technology that determines it ultimate impact, whether one uses the metaphor of sports as does Tenner (2) or some other example of how humans employ technological innovations. Technology, said Tenner (1), may actually "equal" technique in that the machine is the result of technique and not the revere.

Tenner employed several themes to illustrate his contention that technology and technique are ultimately one and the same. Tenner's (2) discussion of how various analysts have addressed the impact and meaning of various technological innovations (including new sources of energy, weapons of war and so forth) serves to illustrate h

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