Our contemporary global digital society is not always a good place to
live. Authoritarianism, hatred, false news, post-truth culture, the
COVID-19 anti-vaccination movement, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and
political polarisation are organised via the Internet. The public
sphere is highly polarised. Today, many humans tend to think of other
humans mainly in terms of friends and enemies. Robots and Artificial
Intelligence-based automation have created new challenges for the
world of work. Decades of neoliberalism have increased inequalities.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vulnerability of humanity to
viruses and health crises. Humanity and society are in a major crisis
and digitalisation mediates this crisis. Digital Humanism explores how
Humanism can help us to critically understand how digital technologies
shape society and humanity, providing an introduction to Humanism in
the digital age. Fuchs introduces the approach of Digital Humanism and
outlines foundations of a Radical Digital Humanism, analysing what
decolonisation of academia and the study of the digital, media and
communication means; what the roles are of robots, automation, and
Artificial Intelligence in digital capitalism, and how the
communication of death and dying has been mediated by digital
technologies, capitalist necropower, and digital capitalism. In order
to save humanity and society, we need Radical Digital Humanism now.
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A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781803824215
Publisert
2022
Utgiver
Emerald Publishing Ltd.
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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