A postphenomenological inquiry of cell phones : genealogies, meanings, and becoming / Galit P. Wellner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wellner, Galit P., author.

Series:

Postphenomenology and the philosophy of technology.

Postphenomenology and the philosophy of technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mobile computing--Philosophy.

Mobile computing.

Cell phones--Philosophy.

Cell phones.

Phenomenological sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is the first postphenomenological analysis of the important roles the cellphone plays in contemporary everydayness. It is an example of a new methodology to study everyday technologies that combines historical research with a philosophical investigation.

Contents:

Front Cover ; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; HISTORICAL VARIATIONS; First Historical Variation; Second Historical Variation; Third Historical Variation; Fourth Historical Variation; Transforming "I," "Technology" and "World"; INVARIANTS; First Invariant; Second Invariant; Third Invariant; Summary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7391-9849-1