The Question Concerning Technology

The Question Concerning Technology

Cover of Vorträge und Aufsätze
Author	Martin Heidegger
Original title	Die Frage nach der Technik
Translator	William Lovitt
Language	German
Subjects	Phenomenology, Philosophy of technology
Publisher	Garland Publishing
Publication date	1954
Publication place	Germany
Published in English	1977
Preceded by	Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister"
Followed by	The Origin of the Work of Art

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The Question Concerning Technology (German: Die Frage nach der Technik) is a work by Martin Heidegger, in which the author discusses the essence of technology. Heidegger originally published the text in 1954, in Vorträge und Aufsätze.

Heidegger initially developed the themes in the text in the lecture "The Framework" ("Das Gestell"), first presented on December 1, 1949, in Bremen. "The Framework" was presented as the second of four lectures, collectively called "Insight into what is." The other lectures were titled "The Thing" ("Das Ding"), "The Danger" ("Die Gefahr"), and "The Turning" ("Die Kehre").^[1]