Modernity and Technology - A Philosophical Investigation of Martin Heidegger and Bruno Latour

Bruno Latour and Martin Heidegger seem like opposite thinkers, but in tandem they can in fact help us avoid some of the most profound perils of our time. Their understandings of modernity and technology offer a number of interwoven insights that may demolish dangerous dogmas and lead to new hope.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Monsters of Modernity
Chapter 2: Modernity in Action
Chapter 3: Death and the End of Networks
Chapter 4: Another Beginning
Chapter 5: Meeting Halfway
Chapter 6: The End of the World as We Know It

About the author

Søren Riis is associate professor and director of studies at Roskilde University in Denmark.

Summary

Bruno Latour and Martin Heidegger seem like opposite thinkers, but in tandem they can in fact help us avoid some of the most profound perils of our time. Their understandings of modernity and technology offer a number of interwoven insights that may demolish dangerous dogmas and lead to new hope.

Product details

• Authors: Soren Riis, Søren Riis, Sren Riis
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781666929577
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-957-7
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies