Science and Technics on the Threshold of the Fourth Technological Revolution in Modern Technogenic Civilization
Journal: Vestnik of Northern (Arctic) Federal University Series Humanitarian and Social Sciences
Year: 2021

The role of science and technics in the life of people and society was different in different periods of civilization’s development. This article examines the specificity and dynamics of science and technics as the most important social institutions of modern civilization, which in philosophy is usually called technogenic. The author analyses the role and degree of influence of science and technics on civilization’s development over several centuries, starting with the modern era. Particular att