David Toews

Gabriel Tarde

The Future of the Artificial

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Considering our ambivalence about modernity, our thinking about the future and our tendency to forget what nature used to signify in its presentation of problems beyond our control, this book explores the thought of Gabriel Tarde on the subject of the artificial, demonstrating the relevance of his work for our age of digital media.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032012797
• ISBN-10: 103201279X
• Artikelnr.: 70355493

Autorenporträt

David Toews is a senior tutor and course coordinator in the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University, New Zealand. He is the author of Social Life and Political Life in the Era of Digital Media.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Rise of the Artificial 2. A Sociology of the Cosmos 3. The Artifice of the Self 4. Digital Mediation 5. The Return of Nature 6. Imagining the Future Conclusion

Rezensionen

'In this fine and accessible book, Toews not only presents some of the key themes of Tarde's sociological program, but he also demonstrates how they might be brought into conversation with contemporary debates. This includes showing how Tarde's work can serve to readdress questions of nature. By combining historical examinations with present-day theoretical concerns, this books offers an at once useful and important contribution.' Christian Borch, author of Social Avalanche