»Rešitev« in »nevarnost«

“Salvation” and “Danger.” On the “Dual Essence” of Technology The paper discusses Heidegger’s thesis on the dual essence of technology from the text “The Question Concerning Technology.” The meaning of the thesis is manifested along the lines of a verse authored by Hölderlin as the co-belonging of danger (Gefahr) and salvation (Rettung) within the non-technical essence of technology. The non-technical essence of technology is first considered on the basis of the fundamental bond of revealing (Entbergen) and concealment (Verbergen) of the truth as an event (Ereignen) of both. The concept of Ge-stell as the essence of modern technology is, therefore, understood in the sense of the fully developed danger that is rooted in the very essence of truth, namely, as a concealment, which is itself concealed and which, precisely for that reason, constitutes the only support for the event of truth in the unfolding of immanent difference of revealing and concealment. Ultimately, it turns out that this salvific support belongs to the human being, who, by confronting the Ge-stell within itself, opens the possibility of liberating the event of truth as the nontechnical essence of Ge-stell.