The Politics of Digital Pharmacology : Exploring the Craft of Collective Care /

Digitization is transforming our world economically, culturally and psychologically. The influx of new forms of communication, networking, and business opportunities, as well as new types of distraction, self-observation, and control into our societies represents an epochal challenge. Following Bern...

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Main Authors: Heidenreich, Felix (Author), Weber-Stein, Florian (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2022]
Series:Edition Politik ; Volume 135.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Digitization is transforming our world economically, culturally and psychologically. The influx of new forms of communication, networking, and business opportunities, as well as new types of distraction, self-observation, and control into our societies represents an epochal challenge. Following Bernard Stiegler's concept of pharmacology, Felix Heidenreich and Florian Weber-Stein propose to view these new forms as digital pharmaka. Properly dosed, they can enable new self-relationships and forms of sociality; in the case of overdose, however, there is a risk of intoxication.In this essay, Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber-Stein and, in a detailed interview, Bernard Stiegler analyze this complex change in our world and develop new skills to use digital pharmaka.
Physical Description:1 online resource (126 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783732862498
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