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Technology has extended its reach to the human body - not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants and technological substitutes for biological organs, but in a more figurative sense too. Technological infrastructure and the instutions of a technified society today determine what perception is, how we communicate and what forms of social life are possible. A fundamental new conception of technology is therefore required. Technology can no longer be seen simply as a means of efficiently attaining pre-established ends. Rather, it needs to be considered as a total structure, something which makes some forms of human action and human relationship possible, while limiting the possibilities of others. In Intensive Technification, the celebrated German philosopher Gernot Bohme offers a critique of technology that explores the many dimensions in which technology presents problems for modern human beings. It is a book about the preservation of humanity and humane values under the challenging conditions of a technically advanced civilisation and makes a crucial contribution to our understanding of the issues around the philosophy of technology today.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy Ethics & moral philosophy

• Full title: Invasive Technification
• Author: Cameron Shingleton
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 248
• EAN: 9781441149015
• ISBN: 1441149015
• ID: 01257610
• Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
• Weight: 544 g
• Dimensions: 198 × 129 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. October 2012

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