Being Human in a Virtual Society: A Relational Approach

by Pierpaolo Donati

The book addresses the theme of the advent of a 'Matrix Land' as a pervasive environment of digital (virtual) reality in which humanity is destined to live increasingly distant from its original natural condition. The challenge posed by the Matrix Land is that of a future society in which lifeworlds and social relations lose the classic notions of time and space. Time and space become illusions and come to depend on algorithms. Virtual reality...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631913494
• ISBN13: 9783631913499
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"