Book
French philosophy of technology
classical readings and contemporary approaches
Abstract
Offering an overall insight into the French tradition of philosophy of technology, this volume is meant to make French-speaking contributions more accessible to the international philosophical community. The first section, "Negotiating a Cultural Heritage," presents a number of leading 20th century philosophical figures (from Bergson and Canguilhem to Simondon, Dagognet or Ellul) and intellectual movements (from Personalism to French Cybernetics and political ecology) that help shape philosophy of technology in the Francophone area, and feed into contemporary debates (ecology of technology, politics of technology, game studies). The second section, "Coining and Reconfiguring Technoscience," traces the genealogy of this controversial concept and discusses its meanings and relevance. A third section, "Revisiting Anthropological Categories," focuses on the relationships of technology with the natural and the human worlds from various perspectives that include anthropotechnology, Anthropocene, technological and vital norms and temporalities. The final section, "Innovating in Ethics, Design and Aesthetics," brings together contributions that draw on various French traditions to afford fresh insights on ethics of technology, philosophy of design, techno-aesthetics and digital studies. The contributions in this volume are vivid and rich in original approaches that can spur exchanges and debates with other philosophical traditions.
Details | Table of Contents
general introduction
pp.1-20
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_1the legacy of François Dagognet
pp.23-35
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_2pp.37-49
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_3pp.51-63
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_4challenging Comte's legacy with mechanology, cybernetics, and the heuristic values of technology
pp.65-80
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_5towards an ecology of the technical milieu
pp.81-100
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_6pp.101-118
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_7from the origin of the word to its current uses
pp.121-138
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_8technoscience and the rebellion against the human condition
pp.139-156
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_9pp.157-168
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_10technical trends and human cognition
pp.209-226
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_13where are we going?
pp.227-235
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_14pp.237-256
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_15two perspectives on artifacts and life
pp.257-277
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_16technology and durability
pp.279-298
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_17pp.299-314
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_18perspectives on "industrial aesthetics" (1951–1984)
pp.345-359
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_21historical phenomenology of technology and the digital age
pp.385-400
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89518-5_23Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Dordrecht
Year: 2018
Pages: 400
ISBN (hardback): 978-3-319-89517-8
ISBN (digital): 978-3-319-89518-5
Full citation:
Loeve Sacha, Guchet Xavier, Bensaude-Vincent Bernadette (2018) French philosophy of technology: classical readings and contemporary approaches. Dordrecht, Springer.