Extimate technology : self-formation in a technological world /: self-formation in a technological world. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ciano Aydin.
• Authors: Aydin, Ciano, 1972-
• Contents: Introduction Part I: What Is the Self? 1. The Essentialist and Dualist Self and Why it Cannot Be Sustained 2. 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
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 303.48301; Technology -- Philosophy; Technology -- Psychological aspects; Experiential research; Self
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000357967; 9781000357929; 9781000357943; 9781003139409
• Related ISBNs: 9780367687281
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