States of Shock: Stupidity and Knowledge in the 21st Century - Brossura

Stiegler, Bernard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0745664946 ISBN 13: 9780745664941

Casa editrice: Polity, 2014

Riassunto

Through a powerful critique of thinkers from Marx to Derrida, Stiegler develops new conceptual weapons. He argues that schools and universities must themselves be transformed: new educational institutions must be developed both to enable us to take advantage of the new opportunities they make available.

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Recensione:

This is Stiegler at his finest. This book offers a penetrating diagnosis of a contemporary configuration that links the shocks of modern political economy to profound transformations in the psychic sphere. But Stiegler also gives us a powerful argument -- based on highly original interpretations of major thinkers -- revealing the radical importance of technology for all human experience. This is in essence a call for a new Enlightenment, one appropriate to our digital age.
David Bates, University of California Berkeley
 
Stiegler poses the question of how reason can renew itself in the face of unfettered global capitalism and the economic ideologies which propel it. Moving decisively beyond French postructuralism his thinking creates new conceptual weapons with which thought and knowledge can renew their sense of responsibility and engagement in the early 21st century.
Ian James, University of Cambridge

L'autore:

Bernard Stiegler is the Director of Cultural Development at Centre Pompidou, Paris

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Polity
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0745664946
• ISBN 13: 9780745664941
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288