The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism: Heidegger, Marx, Nietzsche

by Arthur Kroker

Overview

In The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism, Kroker consistently enacts an invigorating and innovative vision, bringing together critical theory, art, and politics to reveal the philosophic apparatus of technoculture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780802085733
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	03/06/2004
Series:	Digital Futures
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 9.08(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Arthur Kroker is an emeritus professor and adjunct professor of political science at the University of Victoria. He is the director of the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture (PACTAC).

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	vii
	The Culture of Nihilism
1	The Will to Technology	3
2	Streamed Capitalism, Cynical Data, and Hyper-Nihilism	11
3	Codes of Technology	28
4	Hyper-Heidegger: The Question of the Post-Human	33
5	In a Future That Is Nietzsche	73
6	Streamed Capitalism: Marx on the New Capitalist Axiomatic	117
	Art and Technology
	The Hyperbolic Sign of Art and Technology	157
7	The Image Matrix	160
8	The Digital Eye	169
9	Body and Codes	203
	Notes	213
	Index	223

What People are Saying About This

Stephen Pfohl

'The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism is an intensely scholarly and passionate work. In addition to bringing the theories of Heidegger, Nietzsche and Marx to bear upon the ethical crisis of contemporary technology, it also exposes its readers to the possibilities of interpreting the complexities of our everyday worlds through the lens of critical social thought itself.'

David Cook

'The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism makes a significant contribution, not only in its reflections on central figures in the Western tradition, but also in making a critical analysis of the current dynamics of our society ... This is a creative and innovative book on a topic of central importance that engages both the highest aspects of our philosophic tradition while confronting directly our society.'

Editorial Reviews

'The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism makes a significant contribution, not only in its reflections on central figures in the Western tradition, but also in making a critical analysis of the current dynamics of our society ... This is a creative and innovative book on a topic of central importance that engages both the highest aspects of our philosophic tradition while confronting directly our society.' David Cook, Department of Political Science, Victoria College, University of Toronto 'The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism is an intensely scholarly and passionate work. In addition to bringing the theories of Heidegger, Nietzsche and Marx to bear upon the ethical crisis of contemporary technology, it also exposes its readers to the possibilities of interpreting the complexities of our everyday worlds through the lens of critical social thought itself.' Stephen Pfohl, Department of Sociology, Boston College

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