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Zusatztext "A hugely prolific writer! for more than fifteen years philosopher Bernard Stiegler has been seeking both to articulate existence itself! and to ameliorate its contemporary woes. In what is a vast undertaking! Stiegler moves from the originary emergence of humanity to the safeguarding of its future by way of multi-volume analyses that range widely between and across technology! political economy! art! palaeontology! television! democracy and industrial and hyperindustrial societies. Focusing on education and the changing role of the school in contemporary Western societies! Taking Care of Youth and the Generations continues this project! while at the same time going some way to explain the sense of urgency which characterizes much of Stiegler's previous writing." Informationen zum Autor Bernard Stiegler heads the Department of Cultural Development at the Pompidou Center in Paris and is co-founder of the political group Ars Industrialis . Stanford University Press recently published his Technics and Time, 2: Disorientation (2008), and Acting Out (2008). Klappentext The book presents a powerful reminder of adults' responsibility for the development of long-term attention (and thus of maturity) in children, particularly in the face of the techniques of attention-destruction practiced by the programming industries. Zusammenfassung The book presents a powerful reminder of adults' responsibility for the development of long-term attention (and thus of maturity) in children, particularly in the face of the techniques of attention-destruction practiced by the programming industries.
