Sarah Bianchi
An Aesthetic Critique of Digital Enhancement: Government of the Self and Desire
An Aesthetic Critique of Digital Enhancement: Government of the Self and Desire
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This book investigates the freedom-impairing and freedom-enhancing aspects of digital enhancement, providing an empirically informed critical aesthetic diagnosis that makes the overlooked affect- and power-sensitive Janus face of subjectivity in digital enhancement perceivable. It utilizes Foucault's "history of the present" in its Nietzschean genealogy to question the costs of our digital present and conceptualize how an enlightened agency might be critically constructed.
Format: Hardback
Length: 312 pages
Publication date: 15 October 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books
The socio-cultural phenomenon of digital enhancement, which involves the use of digital media to enhance individuals' offline lives, has captivated many people. Despite the well-documented impact of digitalization on freedom and privacy, individuals are drawn to participate in this process. This book delves into both the freedom-impairing and freedom-enhancing aspects of digital enhancement.
Sarah Bianchi offers an empirically informed critical aesthetic diagnosis that sheds light on the overlooked affect- and power-sensitive Janus face of subjectivity in digital enhancement. She explores the subjects' desire to be governed by the logic of perfection, which is at the heart of digital enhancement, while also acknowledging their simultaneous longing for self-government.
In An Aesthetic Critique of Digital Enhancement: Government of the Self and Desire, the author utilizes Foucault's "history of the present" in its Nietzschean genealogy to provide valuable insights into contemporary critical thought on digital enhancement. Through genealogical critique, this approach offers the necessary semantics to question the costs of our digital present and to conceptualize how an enlightened agency might be critically constructed.
Digital enhancement has the potential to revolutionize the way we live and interact with the world, but it is essential to approach it with a critical eye and to consider the potential costs and benefits. By exploring the freedom-impairing and freedom-enhancing aspects of digital enhancement, this book contributes to the ongoing debate about the role of technology in shaping our society.
Weight: 612g
Dimension: 239 x 158 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781666928310
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