Extimate technology self-formation in a technological world

"This book investigates how we should form ourselves in a world saturated with technologies that are profoundly intruding in the very fabric of our selfhood. How do we recognize that smart technological environments, imaging technologies and smart drugs increasingly shape who and what we are an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Aydin, Ciano, 1972- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745301706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • IntroductionPart I: What Is the Self?1. The Essentialist and Dualist Self and Why it Cannot Be Sustained2. From "Self" to "Self-Formation"Part II: Is Self-Formation in a Technological World Possible?3. The Autonomous Self and the Determined Self 4. The Artifactual Mind 5. Brain Imaging Technologies and Critical Self-Formation 6. How Critical Is Critical Self-Formation?Part III: How Should We Technologically Form Ourselves? 7. Technological Self-Formation as Enhancement 8. The Technological Uncanny as a Permanent Structure of Selfhood 9. Self-Formation as Sublimation and the Question Concerning Technology 10. Technological Sublimation Theory Applied to Three Existential Technologies ; Epilogue: Groundwork for a Philosophy of Existential Technology.