OntheModeofExistenceofTechnicalObjects

Few thinkers have had as great an impact on discussions and theoretical practices in the age of media archaeology, philosophy of technology, and digital humanities as Gilbert Simondon. His intellectual curiosity led his philosophical and scientific reflections to traverse a range of research areas, including philosophy, psychology, the beginnings of cybernetics, and the foundations of religion.

Simondon does not view the human/machine distinction as a simple dichotomy. Instead, he suggests that there is much we can learn from our technical objects. While it has been said that humans have an alienating rapport with technical objects, Simondon sees the potential for humanity to uncover life-affirming modes of technical objects that can lead to novel, healthful, and dis-alienating relationships with them.

To fully understand the technical object, Simondon argues that we must grant it the same ontological status as an aesthetic object, or even a living being. By studying its genesis, his work creates exciting new entry points into exploring the human relationship with its continually changing technical reality.

This translation of Gilbert Simondons groundbreaking and influential work is the first complete English-language edition, finally allowing Anglophone readers to engage with one of Frances most unique thinkers of technics.

作者简介

GilbertSimondon(1924–1989)wasaFrenchphilosopheroftechnologywhoseworkcontinuestoattractnewinterestwithinavarietyofacademicfields.