Published: 2018-06-30

Buckminster Fuller and His Work. From Technological Utopia to Sacred Technology

Bartłomiej Knosala

Abstract

Bartłomiej Knosala
Faculty of Organization and Management
The Technical University of Silesia
Gliwice, Poland

Buckminster Fuller and His Work
From Technological Utopia to Sacred Technology

The article presents the work of American visionary Buckminster Fuller in the context of his project of technological utopia. Analyzing the assumptions underlying this project (the so-called Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science), we note that Fuller's thought is a form of reference to the ancient category of logos. In his approach,  the reconciliation of individual logos with common logos takes the form of humanity's adaptation to the "nature operating system", with technology being the tool for this adaptation. At the same time, referring to the interpretation of Fuller's ideas proposed by Scott Eastham, the author shows that Fuller's understanding of technology is related to the so-called sacred geometry. When approached from this perspective, technology and spirtuality can be seen as merging into a coherent whole.

Keywords: Buckminster Fuller, utopia, technological utopia, sacred geometry, Scott Eastham

JEL Codes

Social Sciences, Humanities, Arts and Letters

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Knosala, B. (2018). Buckminster Fuller and His Work. From Technological Utopia to Sacred Technology. Er(r)go. Theory - Literature - Culture, 1(36). Retrieved from https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/ERRGO/article/view/5176

ER(R)GO No. 36 (1/2018) - utopias/illusions/longings (guest edited by Beata Wojewoda)

No. 36 (2018)
Published: 2018-09-28


ISSN: 1508-6305
eISSN: 2544-3186
Ikona DOI 10.31261/errgo

Publisher
University of Silesia Press | Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego i Wydawnictwo Naukowe "Śląsk"

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