1st Edition
The Thought of Bernard Stiegler Capitalism, Technology and the Politics of Spirit
Introduction
Chapter 1. Originary Technicity
Chapter 2. The Evolution of the Arche-Programme
Chapter 3. The Capitalization of Life
Chapter 4. Transhumanist Networks
Chapter 5. Crises of the Aesthetic
Chapter 6. A Planetary Pharmacology?
Conclusion: The Internation and the University
Index
Biography
Ross Abbinnett is Senior Lecturer in Social and Political Theory and Programme Director of the BA in Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK.
‘Bernard Stiegler is one of the most interesting philosophers of technology writing today and the student of Derrida of greatest relevance to the contemporary cultural scene. However, Stiegler's work has been so far available in English only in piecemeal form. Ross Abbinnett remedies that problem in this book, which provides a patient and thoughtful reconstruction of Stiegler's entire intellectual trajectory. Here readers will acquire a deep and systematic sense of Stiegler's broad conception of 'technology', which ranges from Plato's extended dream state, through the accelerated pace of modern industrial society, to the potential eclipse of the human spirit in the name of digital dexterity. Those who seek a middle way between embracing and refusing this 'transhumanizing' trajectory will find much insight in this book.’ - Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick, UK
