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对现代技术的追问和反思是托马斯·品钦小说创作的重要议题。品钦密切关注技术与社会、技术与人、技术与环境的关系,特别是战争语境下科学技术的异化及其影响。一方面,品钦肯定启蒙运动的价值和科技发展带来的进步;另一方面,又看到西方社会中工具理性膨胀和技术扩张所造成的后果。作为一部探讨技术伦理问题的小说,《万有引力之虹》体现了品钦一贯的人本主义思想,对现代技术之本质的追问、对技术合理化向度的考量、对人类生存状况的忧思使品钦对晚期资本主义社会的批判达到了新的高度。
The questioning and reflection on modern technology are important topics in the creation of Thomas Pynchon’s novels. Pynchon paid close attention to the relationship between technology and society, technology and people, technology and environment, especially the alienation of science and technology under the context of war and its influence. On the one hand, Pinch affirms the value of the Enlightenment and the progress made in the development of science and technology; on the other hand, he sees the consequences of the rational expansion of tools and the expansion of technology in Western societies. As a novel about the issue of technical ethics, Rainbow of Gravity reflects Pynchon’s consistent humanistic thinking, the pursuit of the essence of modern technology, the consideration of the rationalization of technology, the worries about the living conditions of mankind Pinchin’s critique of the late capitalist society reached new heights.