The humanistic ken of network culture
Ouyang You · Journal of Central South University(Social Science) · 2003
Facing the rapid development of computer network technique, humanists should be calm and rational in order to realize the humanities value and promote its culture form. The author questions the ontology of the network culture from the humanistic methodology′s angle, advocates humanism in examining the sense and function of the digitalized network technique, and explores the purpose and value in the cyberspace. Moreover, it expounds the humanistic pursuit, such as freedom of will, democracy of knowledge, equality of communication and rebuilding of a faith, initiating the use of the value reason against the network tool reason through the humanistic emotion, in order to investigate adaptability of the humanistic methodology to the network culture.