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The Crisis of the Self in the Age of Information Computers, Dolphins and Dreams

240 Pages

by Routledge

240 Pages

by Routledge

240 Pages

by Routledge

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First published in 1994, in The Crisis of the Self in the Age of Information Raymond Barglow shows how contemporary technological environment furnish the unconscious with internal objects that hark back to a time in our lives prior to personal boundary formation and identity. The consequence is that our technological involvements help to disrupt and dismantle the ideal of the unified and... Read more

Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Crisis of the Self 1. The Technological Mirror 2. Narcissism, Mastery, and Identity 3. Three Dreams 4. Individualism: The Perplexing Project Part II: Technological Objects and Divided Subjects 5. Boundary 6. Subjectivity 7. Ethics 8. Recognition 9. Identification Part III: Internal Colonization and Response 10. The Logic of Colonial Organization 11. Information Processing Psychology 12. Technology and Authority 13. Restoration of the Cells Conclusion Notes Index

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Biography

Raymond Barglow

Critics' Reviews

“Beneath the glossy promises of the information age lies a grimmer reality in which the computer, touted as an instrument of power, is also instrumental in the postmodern crisis of the self. In showing this, Raymond Barglow also realises the critical and emancipatory potential of psychoanalysis… this is an important and strong work, wealth and gracefully written.”

- Joel Kovel

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