Invasive Technification: Critical Essays in the Philosophy of Technology

by Gernot Böhme and Gernot Beohme

Book Overview

Technology has extended its reach to the human
body, not just in a literal sense, through implants, transplants and
technological substitutes for biological organs, but in a more figurative sense
too. Technological infrastructure and the institutions of a technified society today
determine what perception is, how we communicate and what forms of human
relationship with the natural world are possible. A fundamental new conception
of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441182942
• ISBN13: 9781441182944
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.4"