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UNINA9910808730703321 |
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Autore |
Koivukoski Toivo |
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Titolo |
After the last man : excurses to the limits of the technological system / / Toivo Koivukoski |
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Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-49330-2 |
9786612493300 |
0-7391-3017-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (140 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Technology - Philosophy |
Technology - Social aspects |
Technology and civilization |
Civilization, Modern - 21st century - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; By Way of an Introduction; Sect. 1. Thinking Technology to its Ends; Sect. 2. From a Posthistorical Worldview; Sect. 3. Experiments in Posthumanism; Sect 4. Technological Imperium andIts Limits; Index; About the Author |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The meditations in this book map out the hypertextual pathways of our global techonological system, looking for its limits and ours, by drawing on the philosophy of German idealism and Homeric and pre-Socratic views on identity, substance, hospitality, and homecoming. |
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