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

By: Muller, Christopher John [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Critical perspectives on theory, culture, and politicsPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield International, 2016Description: 1 online resource (187 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781783482405 (e-book)Subject(s): Anders, Gunther, 1902-1992 | Human beings | Philosophical anthropology | Technology -- Philosophy | Technology -- Moral and ethical aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Prometheanism : technology, digital culture, and human obsolescence.DDC classification: 193 LOC classification: B3199.A534 | M85 2016Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Thinking finitude, digital technology, and human obsolescence with Gunther Anders -- On Promethean shame -- Preface to the translation of On Promethean shame -- On Promethean shame (by Gunther Anders) -- Utopia inverted - Gunther 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking finitude, digital technology, and human obsolescence with Gunther Anders -- On Promethean shame -- Preface to the translation of On Promethean shame -- On Promethean shame (by Gunther Anders) -- Utopia inverted - Gunther 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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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