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The Technologisation of the Social: A Political Anthropology of the Digital Machine
The Technologisation of the Social: A Political Anthropology of the Digital Machine
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Technology has transformed from a communication tool to a primary medium of experience and sociality, reshaping social interaction and human perception. This book explores the technologization of the social and the penetration of permanent liminality into aspects of the lifeworld. It problematizes the underlying logic of limitless technological expansion and our inability to imagine ourselves or our world in other than technological terms.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
In the age of the digital revolution, where artificial intelligence, big data, and augmented reality dominate, technology has transformed from a means of communication to a central medium of experience and social interaction. Machines are increasingly taking over tasks that were once considered fundamental to human capabilities, and we are increasingly relying on digital interfaces to perceive and interpret the world. As machines become more social, they are reshaping social interaction and human perception in unprecedented ways.
This book delves into the process of technologization of society and the encroachment of permanent liminality into areas of the lifeworld that once sought stability and meaning. Through a historical and anthropological exploration of this phenomenon, it challenges the underlying logic of limitless technological expansion and our growing inability to imagine ourselves or our world beyond technological terms.
Drawing on a range of concepts from political anthropology, including liminality, the trickster, imitation, schismogenesis, participation, and the void, the book interrogates the contemporary technological revolution in a way that will be of interest to sociologists, social and anthropological theorists, and scholars of science and technology studies who are interested in the digital transformation of social life.
Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367511685
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