The Technologisation of the Social: A Political Anthropology of the Digital Machine

ISBN-13: 9780367511661 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 180 str.

Paul O'Connor; Marius Ion Benţa

Opis

This book explores the technologization of the social and the attendant penetration of permanent liminality into those aspects of the lifeworld where individuals had previously sought stability and meaning. Drawing on a range of concepts from anthropology, it thus problematises the logic of limitless technological expansion.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Technologisation of the Social: A 21^st-Century Megamachine?  1. Communication as Theatricalisation: Self-Presentation in the Digital Age  2. Parasites of the Social: Digital Disruptions of the Labour Market  3. Possessed by Technology: The Metastasis of Absence  4. Technologisation of the Social: Symbiosis, Parasitism, or Predation?  5. J'accuse Zéro: The Technology of Zero and the Making of a Personal Void  6. Digital Affordances and the Liminal  7. The Smart Womb: Digital Technologies and the Maze of Trickster Politics  8. Brave New Industry? The Dark Side of Dematerialisation and Industry 4.0  9. ‘What Have You Caught?’: Nannycams and Hidden Cameras as Normalised Surveillance of the Intimate  10. Coercive Visibility: Discipline in the Digital Public Arena  Conclusion: Is There a Way Out of the Technologisation of the Social?