Love and Other Technologies: Retrofitting Eros for the Information Age

by Dominic Pettman

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Can love really be considered another form of technology?

Dominic Pettman says it can--although not before carefully redefining technology as a cultural challenge to what we mean by the "human" in the information age. Using the writings of such important thinkers as Giorgio Agamben, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Bernard Stiegler as a springboard, Pettman explores the "techtonic" movements of contemporary culture, specifically in relation to the language...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0823226697

ISBN13:9780823226696

Release Date:December 2006

Publisher:Fordham University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Cultural Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Social Science Social Sciences

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