Description
Technology, violence, memory: critical diagnoses of contemporary culture
Book summary
This collective work, the result of multidisciplinary research, offers a critical reflection on the omnipresence of technology in contemporary culture. The authors analyze how digitalization and new media impact collective memory, symbolic violence, and cultural formation. The book is part of the tradition of critical thought, revisiting Adorno’s diagnosis regarding the need to "work through the past" to avoid its repetition in the digital present. A rigorous analysis to understand the price of our technological progress.
What is it about?
The work brings together a series of essays that address the most pressing phenomena of contemporary culture from various theoretical perspectives. Starting from the observation that cutting-edge technology has become omnipresent and necessary, the authors ask how we arrived at this point and at what cost. The book explores the relationship between technology and violence, examining how new digital platforms can perpetuate or transform dynamics of power and exclusion. Likewise, it investigates the role of memory in the digital age, analyzing how virtual archives and social networks modify our relationship with the past. The common thread is the updating of critical thought, applying tools from social theory, aesthetic philosophy, and psychoanalysis to diagnose the challenges of cultural formation and education in a digitalized world.
Main themes
- Critical analysis of digital culture and technological omnipresence.
- Relationship between technology, symbolic violence, and new forms of domination.
- Working through the past and the construction of memory in digital environments.
- Updating the critical thought of the Frankfurt School (Adorno) for the present.
- Impact of technology on contemporary cultural formation and education.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at students and academics of philosophy, sociology, political theory, communication studies, and education interested in contemporary critical thought. It will also be of great use to professionals in the cultural field, educators, and intellectually curious readers who seek to understand the profound implications of technology in today's society, beyond its mere instrumental use.
What this book offers
- A solid theoretical framework for critically analyzing digital culture from philosophical and social perspectives.
- Conceptual tools for understanding the relationship between memory, violence, and technology in the present.
- An update of the legacy of critical thought applied to the contemporary challenges of education and cultural formation.
- Rigorous and multidisciplinary essays that invite deep reflection on the human and social cost of technological progress.
Technical specifications
- Author: CABOT; LASTORIA
- Publisher: Anthropos Editorial
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: LITERARY ESSAYS, PHILOSOPHY: AESTHETICS, SOCIAL THEORY, PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY (FREUDIAN PSYCHOLOGY), PHILOSOPHY AND THEORY OF EDUCATION, INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ON SOCIETY
- Collection: CRITICAL THOUGHT, UTOPIAN THOUGHT
- Binding: Paperback
- Publication date: October 2018
- Number of pages: 272
- Weight: 340 g
Editorial review
This is a reference work for those seeking an academic and rigorous analysis of contemporary culture through the lens of critical thought. The collection of essays offers a lucid and necessary look at the effects of technology on memory and social violence, connecting with current debates on education and cultural formation. Its value lies in the updating of classic diagnoses to understand a complex digital present, making it essential reading for specialists and readers committed to social reflection.