In Technology and Anarchy: A Reading of Our Era, Simona Chiodo argues
that our technological era can be read as the most radical form of
anarchism ever experienced. People are not only removing the role of
the expert as a mediator, but also trying, for the first time in
history, to replace the role of a transcendent god itself by creating,
especially through information technology, a totally immanent
technological entity characterized by the typical ontological
prerogatives of the divine: omnipresence (by being everywhere),
omniscience (by knowing everything, especially about us), omnipotence
(by having power, especially over us), and inscrutability. Chiodo
proposes a novel view of our technological era by reading it as the
last step of a precise trajectory of Western thought, i.e. as the most
radical form of anarchism we have ever experienced, due to the crisis
of the founding epistemological relationship between ideality and
reality. By doing this, Chiodo helps fill the gap between
technological innovation and the humanities, which is becoming an
emerging research goal that is more and more urgent in order to face
the greatest challenges of our present and future.
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A Reading of Our Era
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ISBN
9781793632951
Publisert
2020
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Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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