Mobile Media Technologies and Poiēsis

Rediscovering How We Use Technology to Cultivate Meaning in a Nihilistic World

AvJustin Michael Battin

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

This book intertwines phenomenological fieldwork with a wide range of Heidegger’s writings to explore how our everyday uses of mobile media technologies permit a unique avenue to rediscover poiesis, our creative cultivation that is simultaneously a bringing forth, a revealing.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-09-01
Mått:148 x 210 x 15 mm
Vikt:353 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:167
Upplaga:17001
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319597966

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Justin Michael Battin is Assistant Professor of English Cultures and Literatures at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. His research interests include media anthropology, the philosophy of technology, and Heidegger’s phenomenology, all of which have culminated to provide the foundation for this book.

Recensioner i media

“This book is a good recommendation for those looking into mobile technology in relation to creative abilities.” (Rustie Anglin, CBQ Communication Booknotes Quarterly, Vol. 51 (1-2), January-June, 2019)

Innehållsförteckning

1. Introduction.- 2. Situating Heidegger for the Study of Mobile Media Technology Use.- 3. This Technology is a Part of Me.- 4. The Immaterial as Traversable.- 5. Our Relationship to the Technological Self.- 6. The Saving Power of marginal Practices.