Description
Gunther Anders' Philosophy of Technologyis the first comprehensive exploration of the ground-breaking work of German thinker Gunther Anders. Anders' philosophy has become increasingly prescient in our digitised, technological age as his work predicts the prevalence of social media, ubiquitous surveillance and the turn to big data. Anders' ouevre also explored the technologies of nuclear power and the biotech concerns for the human and transhuman condition which have become so central to current theory.
Babette Babich argues that Anders offers important resources on streaming digital media through his writings on radio, television and film and is, unusually, both a comprehensive and profound thinker. Anders' relationship with key philosophers like Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin and his thinking on Goethe, Nietzsche and Rilke is also explored with a focus on the deep impact he made on his peers. It reflects specifically on the intersection of Anders' thought Heidegger and the Frankfurt school and how influential a figure he was on the landscape of 20th century philosophy. A compelling rehabilitation of a thinker with profound contemporary relevance.
Author: Babette Babich
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04/20/2023
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781350228627
ISBN10: 1350228621
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements | Critical Theory
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Technology & Engineering | General
Babette Babich argues that Anders offers important resources on streaming digital media through his writings on radio, television and film and is, unusually, both a comprehensive and profound thinker. Anders' relationship with key philosophers like Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin and his thinking on Goethe, Nietzsche and Rilke is also explored with a focus on the deep impact he made on his peers. It reflects specifically on the intersection of Anders' thought Heidegger and the Frankfurt school and how influential a figure he was on the landscape of 20th century philosophy. A compelling rehabilitation of a thinker with profound contemporary relevance.
Author: Babette Babich
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 04/20/2023
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.71d
ISBN13: 9781350228627
ISBN10: 1350228621
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements | Critical Theory
- Social Science | Media Studies
- Technology & Engineering | General
About the Author
Babette Babich is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, USA. She is author of Nietzsche's Philosophy of Science (1994) The Hallelujah Effect (2016)