From Technological Humanity to Bio-technical Existence

Susanna Lindberg

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State University of New York Press
01 April 2023

Deconstructionism, Structuralism, Post-structuralism; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy of science

Series: SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory

Explores the relationship between technics and humanity, tracing the emergence of a bio-technical conception of existence in contemporary continental philosophy.

From Technological Humanity to Bio-technical Existence can be framed as a metaphysics of the present. It starts from the current epoch, an era increasingly marked not only by technology but also by technics in the most general sense, and asks how this affects human existence. The book asks what is called technics, what is called humanity, how these relate to one another, and how changes in these notions oblige us to revise the philosophical notion of existence. It investigates how the idea of technological humanity-of technology as an extension and instrument of the human-is discovered and deconstructed by Martin Heidegger, Helmuth Plessner, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Bernard Stiegler, and Giorgio Agamben. Finally, the book presents a new idea of bio-technical existence, one that underlies these philosophers' works without being fully elaborated. This idea-of technics as a condition of humanity that humans share with other living and technical beings-is the author's own philosophical proposition and the final result of the book.

By: Susanna Lindberg
Imprint: State University of New York Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9781438492582
ISBN 10: 1438492588
Series: SUNY series, Intersections: Philosophy and Critical Theory
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 01 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. What Is the Human Being? 2. What Is Called Technics? 3. The Originary Technicity of the Human Being 4. De/constructing Humanity 5. Humanity and Inhumanity of Technical Communities 6. From Technological Humanity to Bio-technics Notes Bibliography Index

Susanna Lindberg is Professor of Continental Philosophy at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her many books include Techniques en philosophie and The Ethos of Digital Environments: Technology, Literary Theory and Philosophy (coedited with Hanna-Riikka Roine).

Reviews for From Technological Humanity to Bio-technical Existence

""Clearly written yet dense, this ambitious book could offer an excellent guide for new graduate students needing a quick study orienting them to the philosophical treatment of humanity at a singular moment in cultural criticism."" — CHOICE ""Susanna Lindberg's engaging comparative analyses convincingly explore the shift of perspective from understanding humanity as technological to a broader sense of bio-technics, skillfully distinguishing this philosophical approach from transhumanism and certain versions of posthumanism."" — Krzysztof Ziarek, author of Language after Heidegger