Critique of Digitality

The increasing importance and spread of computer technology challenges societies and individuals, and requires a critique, analysis, and assessment of digitality. This book introduces ongoing debates and develops its approach to the critique of digitality, asking about forms of interfaces and processes of governance. It is a translation of the original German edition by Jan Distelmeyer, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2021.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 141 pages
Publication date: 13 October 2022
Publisher: Springer

Dealing with digitality is one of the most pressing challenges of our time. The growing significance and widespread adoption of computer technology not only pose challenges to societies and individuals but also exert pressure on the concept of digitality itself, which aims to comprehend the entirety and uniqueness of the conditions and outcomes associated with electronic digital computing in all its forms. However, precisely because digitality is prevalent, it is equally important to subject it to critique, analysis, and evaluation. How can an analysis adequately capture both the fundamental qualities and evolving concrete manifestations, infrastructures, and practices? How do the developments of a digitalization that programmatically encompasses forms of networking, embedding, and autonomization shape media, cultures, and societies? How do artificial intelligence and algorithmic government interact with each other, and how do the immateriality of the digital coexist with the materiality of computers? How does the changing status and scope of this technology mediate itself?

This book delves into ongoing debates and presents its own approach to critiquing digitality. It raises questions about the forms of interfaces and processes of governance. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition, Kritik der Digitalität, by Jan Distelmeyer, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2021. The translation was accomplished with the assistance of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was primarily focused on content, ensuring that the book reads stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature is committed to continuously advancing the development of tools for book production and related technologies to support the publishing industry.

Weight: 173g
Dimension: 203 x 127 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783658369774
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022