Invasive Technification

Gernot Böhme was Professor of Philosophy at Darmstadt's Technische Univerität, Germany, between 1977 and 2002. His publications in English include Coping with Science (Westview, 1992) and Ethics in Context (Polity, 2001). Cameron Shingleton is a translator and lecturer at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, University of Melbourne, Australia.

'Böhme is a worthy successor to Ellul and Mumford, one who brings the critique of technology up to date by accounting for the recent explosion of new technologies undreamt of by his illustrious predecessors. He also goes beyond them in basing his analysis on a much more developed philosophical orientation focused on the effect of technology on Nature; and thus he is able to assess its invasive impact on human nature, on what we are as bodies and minds and what we might become under its influence. His book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in this issue, arguably the most important one that humanity has to face.'

• Preface\ 1. Introduction \ 2. Science, Technology, Civilisation \ 3. UnderstandingTechnology: Use and Entertainment \ 4. The Technification of Human Relations \ 5.The Technification of Nature \ 6. Critique of Technology \ Appendix: The LastMan as Übermensch \ Index