Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. viii, 177 pages; 23 cm

Series statement

1. Critical perspectives on theory, culture, and politics

Subject

1. Anders, Günther, 1902-1992
2. Medienphilosophie
3. Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
4. Human beings
5. Philosophische Anthropologie
6. Technology > Philosophy
7. Philosophical anthropology
8. Technology > Moral and ethical aspects
9. Mensch
10. Neue Technologie

Contents

1. Thinking finitude, digital technology, and human obsolescence with Günther Anders -- On Promethean shame -- Preface to the translation of On Promethean shame -- On Promethean shame (by Günther Anders) -- Utopia inverted -- Günther Anders in the digital age -- Better than human: Promethean Shame and the (trans)humanist project -- The punishment of Prometheus -- Anaesthetic lives: joyful surrender to painful obsolescence -- The unsalaried masses: working toward a world without us -- Invisible monsters: your smartphone is an atom bomb.

Call number

1. JFE 17-389

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Müller, Christopher John, author.

Title

1. Prometheanism : technology, digital culture, and human obsolescence / Christopher John Müller.

Publisher

1. London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Critical perspectives on theory, culture, and politics

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other form:

1. Online version: Müller, Christopher John, author. Prometheanism Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2016 9781783482405 (DLC) 2016028904

LCCN

1. 2016027658

ISBN

1. 9781783482382 hardcover alkaline paper
2. 1783482389 hardcover alkaline paper
3. 9781783482399 paperback alkaline paper
4. 1783482397 paperback alkaline paper

Research call number

1. JFE 17-389