Nihilism and Technology

by Nolen Gertz

Book Overview

Heidegger, Marcuse, and Ellul warned against the rise of a technological mass culture. Philosophy of technology has since turned away from such dystopic views, promoting instead the view that we shape technologies just as technologies shape us. Yet the rise of Big Data has exceeded our worst fears about Big Brother, leading us to again question whether technologies are empowering us or enslaving us.

Rather than engage in endless debates about...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1786607026
• ISBN13: 9781786607027
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary