Technology

Bunz, M. 2017. Technology. in: Bunz, M., Kaiser, B.M. and Thiele, K. (ed.) Symptoms of the Planetary Condition: A Critical Vocabulary Lüneburg meson press. pp. 191-197

Chapter titleTechnology
AuthorsBunz, M.
EditorsBunz, M.
Kaiser, B.M.
Thiele, K.
Abstract

This book chapter looks at the critical potential of technology discussing authors such as Walter Benjamin, Gilbert Simondon, Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. Instead of understanding technology as the motor of capitalism, it stresses its capacity to make worlds appear.

KeywordsTechnology, critique, Walter Benjamin, Gilbert Simondon, Hannah Arendt,
Book titleSymptoms of the Planetary Condition: A Critical Vocabulary
Page range191-197
Year2017
Publishermeson press
Publication dates
PublishedJan 2017
Place of publicationLüneburg
ISBN9783957960856
3957960851
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.14619/018
File
Web address (URL)http://meson.press/books/symptoms-of-the-planetary-condition/
LicenseCC BY-SA 4.0

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