On the Internet (Thinking in Action)
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Can the internet solve the problem of mass education, and bring human beings to a new level of community? Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet argues that there is much in common between the disembodied, free floating web and Descartes’ separation of mind and body. Hubert Dreyfus also shows how Kierkegaard’s insights into the origins of a media-obsessed public anticipate the web surfer, blogger and chat room. Drawing on studies of the isolation experienced by many internet users and the insights of philosopher such as Descartes and Kierkegaard, Dreyfus shows how the internet’s privatisation of experience ignores essential human capacities such as trust, moods, risk, shared local concerns and commitment.
The second edition includes a brand new chapter on ‘Second Life’ and is revised and updated throughout.
Publisher : Routledge; 2nd edition (October 31, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 0415775167
ISBN-13 : 978-0415775168
Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.08 x 0.44 x 7.8 inches
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Customers find the book an interesting look at 21st century technologies. The writing style is suitable for both thinkers and casual readers. They describe it as one of the best essays they have read from Routledge.
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