Invasive technification : critical essays in the philosophy of technology / Gernot Böhme ; translated by Cameron Shingleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Böhme, Gernot.

Standardized Title:

Invasive Technisierung. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology--Philosophy.

Technology.

Technology--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Technology has extended its reach to the humanbody, not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants andtechnological substitutes for biological organs, but in a more figurative sensetoo. Technological infrastructure and the institutions of a technified society todaydetermine what perception is, how we communicate and what forms of humanrelationship with the natural world are possible. A fundamental new conceptionof technology is urgently needed. Technology can no longer be seen as a meansfor efficiently attaining pre-established ends. Rather, it must be seen as a total structure whi

Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Invasive technification; The philosophy of technology; Chapter 2 Science, technology, civilization; Civilization in the age of technoscience; Knowledge society; Trust in modernity; Free scientific enquiry and its limits; Borderline situations in technological civilization; Chapter 3 Understanding technology: Use and entertainment; Technical gadgetry; Technology in the life of an everyday philologist; Chapter 4 The technification of human relations; Technostructures: Society and nature

Anthropological change in a technological worldThe technification of perception; Genetics, biotechnology and human self-understanding; Chapter 5 The technification of nature; Artificial nature; Nature in the age of mechanical reproduction; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Critique of Technology; Guided by an interest in rational conditions; Computers in schools: Critical reflections on culture, technology and education; Thinking anti-cyclically; Cultural resources for coping with technology; Conclusion; Appendix; The last man as Übermensch; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5

Chapter 6Appendix; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781441134028

1441134026

9781283736077

1283736071

9781441194657

1441194657

OCLC:

818116985