Автор: Galit Wellner
Название: A Postphenomenological Inquiry of Cell Phones: Genealogies, Meanings, and Becoming
Издательство: Lexington Books
Год: 2015
ISBN: 978-0739198483
Серия: Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
Язык: English
Формат: pdf
Размер: 22,4 mb
Страниц: 182
Why does the announcement of a new cellphone model ignite excitement and passion? Why do most people return home when they forget their cellphones, while only few would return for their wallets? How did the cellphone technology become so dominant for many of us?
This book offers an analysis of the historical evolution and of the meanings of this technology in the lives of billions of people. With new concepts like "histories of the future" and "memory prosthesis," the book aims to explain the excitement arising from new model announcements and the ever-growing dependency on the cellphone through the framing of these experiences in wide philosophical contexts. It is the first philosophical analysis of the important roles the cellphone plays in contemporary everydayness.