عنوان

Nihilism and technology /

(Number (ISBN

1786607026

(Number (ISBN

1786607034

(Number (ISBN

9781786607027

(Number (ISBN

9781786607034

Title Proper

Nihilism and technology /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Nolen Gertz.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Rowman & Littlefield International,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xiii, 227 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Heidegger, Marcuse, and Ellul warned against the rise of a technological mass culture. Philosophy of technology has since turned away from such dystopic views, promoting instead the view that we shape technologies just as technologies shape us. Yet the rise of Big Data has exceeded our worst fears about Big Brother, leading us to again question whether technologies are empowering us or enslaving us. Rather than engage in endless debates about whether technologies are making us better or making us worse, Nolen Gertz investigates what we think "better" and "worse" mean, and what role this thinking has played in the creation of our technological world. This investigation is carried out by using Nietzsche's philosophy of nihilism in order to explore the ways in which our values mediate how we design technologies and how we use technologies. Examining our technological practices--practices ranging from Netflix and Chill to Fitbit and Move to Twitter and Rage--reveals how our nihilism and our technologies have become intertwined, creating a world of techno-hypnosis, data-driven activity, pleasure economics, herd networking, and orgies of clicking.

Title

Nihilism and technology.

International Standard Book Number

9781786607041

Nietzsche, Friedrich, 1844-1900

Nihilism (Philosophy)

Technology-- Philosophy.

Technology-- Social aspects.

50.12 philosopy of technology.

Nihilism.

Nihilismus

Technikphilosophie

Technology-- Philosophy.

Technology-- Social aspects.

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Edition

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Book number

Gertz, Nolen

Date of Transaction

20200823055409.0

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rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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