techno-utopianism

English

Alternative forms

• techno utopianism, technoutopianism

Etymology

techno- +‎ utopianism

Noun

techno-utopianism (usually uncountable, plural techno-utopianisms)

1. The belief that a utopia can be achieved with technology.
   • 2015, Veronica Barassi, Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles against Digital Capitalism, Routledge, →ISBN, page 52:

     One interesting aspect of this process of technological fetishism is represented by the fact that it cannot be fully understood without looking at the peculiarly Western attitude towards techno-utopianism or, in other words, the belief that technologies can become important tools of social and political liberation.

Related terms

• techno-utopia
• techno-utopian

See also

• cyberutopianism
• technodeterminism
• techno-optimism