Letting It Flow: Towards a Phenomenology of Water in the Age of Modern Technology

• Main Author: Barbaza, Remmon E
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2012
• Subjects: disconnectedness; distance; ecology; nearness; techne; poiesis; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/philo-faculty-pubs/26; https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/30408519/Letting_It_Flow_-_Towards_a_Phenomenology_Water_in_the_Age_of_Modern_Technology.pdf?1357597608=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DLetting_It_Flow_Towards_a_Phenomenology.pdf&Expires=1594114390&Signature=OiB1UQQfQhAYl7M2idDHbGEToAk4COHjW03HnWXTbA72nWukiTazqnPQSNFrQhrr9TEiEGy8rpKF4R3~6qTXDTQHYjh9Xc2BcJQua01J-Z5xMG0Cj5-bsxgU7BKeVrDzavU8i6JVv3SsRul79cyuapGTjE1LRKsd5tGsVRaHF0KmCIhZ0AJTZvu49HuNtFs-8F5t5ylcw3AmaHqGELXenzy-~GSuDuLOec232bVQaVoHA8H1xEscOkv1leSzZ9o7l~qMKq~C9rUqtyCUHD2-Vkfp25cbP01gyhbwslWoZbAoG6VnUHUU3HkD9OeoVFZbpPLDFL4-P5mu3IxpPC50zA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This essay seeks to initiate a phenomenology of water in the age of modern technology within a Heideggerian framework. Insofar as it holds sway as the essence of modern technology, Ge-stell (enframing) blocks the appearance of water as water. Instead, like most other “natural resources,” water appea...