Love and Other Technologies: Retrofitting Eros for the Information Age

by Dominic Pettman

Book Overview

Can love really be considered another form of technology?

Dominic Pettman says it can--although not before carefully redefining technology as a cultural challenge to what we mean by the "human" in the information age. Using the writings of such important thinkers as Giorgio Agamben, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Bernard Stiegler as a springboard, Pettman explores the "techtonic" movements of contemporary culture, specifically in relation to the language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823226697
• ISBN13: 9780823226696
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"