Research Catalog

Title

Extimate technology : self-formation in a technological world / Ciano Aydin.

Author

Aydin, Ciano, 1972-

Publication

• New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Description

xii, 321 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"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 and influence who we ought to be? Tackling this issue requires going beyond the persistent and stubborn inside-outside dualism and recognizing that what we consider our "inside" self is to a great extent shaped by our "outside" world. Inspired by various philosophers - especially Nietzsche, Peirce and Lacan -this book demonstrates that the values, goals and ideals that humans encounter in their environments not only shape their identities but also enable them to critically relate to their present state. The author argues against understanding technological self-formation in terms of making ourselves better, stronger, and smarter. Rather, we should conceive it in terms of technological sublimation, which redefines the very notion of human enhancement. In this respect the author introduces an alternative, more suitable theory, namely Technological Sublimation Theory (TST). Extimate Technology will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working in philosophy of technology, philosophy of the self, phenomenology, pragmatism, and history of philosophy"--

Series Statement

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy.

Subject

• Technology > Philosophy
• Technology > Psychological aspects
• Experiential research
• Self

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 21-8188

ISBN

• 9780367687281
• 0367687283

LCCN

2020045016

OCLC

1198988978

Author

Aydin, Ciano, 1972- author.

Title

Extimate technology : self-formation in a technological world / Ciano Aydin.

Publisher

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Aydin, Ciano, Extimate technology New York : Taylor & Francis, 2021. 9781003139409 (DLC) 2020045017

Research Call Number

JFE 21-8188