Technology and Anarchy
A Reading of Our Era
Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3294-4 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-3294-4 (ISBN)
This book argues that our technological era is the most radical form of anarchism we have ever experienced. People are not only removing the role of the expert as a mediator, but also replacing the role of a transcendent god with an omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent technological entity that is totally immanent.
In Technology and Anarchy: A Reading of Our Era, Simona Chiodo argues that our technological era can be read as the most radical form of anarchism ever experienced. People are not only removing the role of the expert as a mediator, but also trying, for the first time in history, to replace the role of a transcendent god itself by creating, especially through information technology, a totally immanent technological entity characterized by the typical ontological prerogatives of the divine: omnipresence (by being everywhere), omniscience (by knowing everything, especially about us), omnipotence (by having power, especially over us), and inscrutability. Chiodo proposes a novel view of our technological era by reading it as the last step of a precise trajectory of Western thought, i.e. as the most radical form of anarchism we have ever experienced, due to the crisis of the founding epistemological relationship between ideality and reality. By doing this, Chiodo helps fill the gap between technological innovation and the humanities, which is becoming an emerging research goal that is more and more urgent in order to face the greatest challenges of our present and future.
In Technology and Anarchy: A Reading of Our Era, Simona Chiodo argues that our technological era can be read as the most radical form of anarchism ever experienced. People are not only removing the role of the expert as a mediator, but also trying, for the first time in history, to replace the role of a transcendent god itself by creating, especially through information technology, a totally immanent technological entity characterized by the typical ontological prerogatives of the divine: omnipresence (by being everywhere), omniscience (by knowing everything, especially about us), omnipotence (by having power, especially over us), and inscrutability. Chiodo proposes a novel view of our technological era by reading it as the last step of a precise trajectory of Western thought, i.e. as the most radical form of anarchism we have ever experienced, due to the crisis of the founding epistemological relationship between ideality and reality. By doing this, Chiodo helps fill the gap between technological innovation and the humanities, which is becoming an emerging research goal that is more and more urgent in order to face the greatest challenges of our present and future.
Simona Chiodo is professor of philosophy at the Politecnico di Milano.
Contents
Introduction
1.The Evolution of Prometheus, From Past to Present to Future
2.Homo Anarchicus
3.Reading Our Technological Era
4.Radical Externalisation
5.Farewell to Humans?
6.The Most Radical Form of Anarchism We Have Ever Experienced
Conclusion
References
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 431 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-3294-4 / 1793632944 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-3294-4 / 9781793632944 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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