Unframing Martin Heidegger's Understanding of Technology
On the Essential Connection between Technology, Art, and History
Published on 15. August 2018
Book
Hardback
276 pages
978-1-4985-6766-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a new and radical interpretation of some of Martin Heidegger's most influential texts. The unfamiliar interpretations all seek to question and unframe hasty assessments of the concepts and constellations of thoughts surrounding Heidegger's notion of modern technology. Heidegger's impressive work still hides many treasures and strange thoughts giving original insights into the rise of biotechnology, transgressions between art and technology and the writing of Western history. By way of surprising thought experiments, critical questioning, allusions and systematic conclusions, this book presents Heidegger's thoughts on technology in a way that not only shows his importance for philosophy and modern society, but also identifies his shortcomings and uses his original thoughts and concepts against him.
Reviews / Votes
As for the evocative title of his book, Soren Riis' objective is to 'unframe' Heidegger's concept of enframing. His book offers an exegetically precise reading of QCT but also, and more importantly, a novel way of interpreting it by examining some of Heidegger's other works. . . . Riis' book can contribute to a serious discussion on why and how Heidegger's QCT is read and taught in many departments. * Metascience * The Danish philosopher Soren Riis is one of the authorities I trust most when it comes to Heidegger. He has a rare combination of scholarly mastery of Heidegger's texts and up-to-date awareness of the latest trends in the philosophy of technology. His respect for the reader's intelligence also makes reading his works an unusually pleasant experience. I am delighted to see this work finally being published in English. -- Graham Harman, Southern California Institute of Architecture A faithful, painstaking and subversive many-worlds rereading of Heidegger. It might be Heidegger's 'supreme danger,' but perhaps enframing is not so bad after all. -- Andrew Pickering, University of ExeterMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
606 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4985-6766-4 (9781498567664)
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Unframing Martin Heidegger's Understanding of Technology
On the Essential Connection Between Technology, Art, and History
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Unframing Martin Heidegger's Understanding of Technology
On the Essential Connection Between Technology, Art, and History
E-Book
08/2018
1st Edition
Lexington Books
€107.99
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Content
Part I
The Essence of Modern Technology
Chapter 1
Martin Heidegger's Question Concerning Technology
A Question about the Free Relationship
The Essence of Modern Technology Thought of as Enframing
The Limitations of Technology
Chapter 2
Modern Technology As The Offspring Of Enframing: The Reproduction Of Modern Technology
Under the Rule of Enframing
The Self-Movement of Physis
Phenomenology of Enframing
Chapter 3
Toward an Understanding of Essence
Heidegger's Concept of Essence
The Total Mobilization of Beings
A Matter of Time
Part II
Technology in the Context of Art
Chapter 4
"The Origin Of The Work Of Art"
"Out of the Dark Opening"
The Truth on the Work
The Truth in the Work
Chapter 5
The Truth of Technology
The Mystery of the Work of Art
Art in the Work of Technology
Dangerous Art
Part III
The Story Between Nature and Art
Chapter 6
The Genealogy of Modern Technology
Techne vs. Modern Technology
This History of Metaphysics
Two Approaches Critiquing Modernity
Chapter 7
Alternative Genealogies
The Characteristic of Beings
Biotechnology
Toward the Origin of Modern Technology
Chapter 8
Adjustment
A Timely Work of Art
"Where the Saving Power is, the Danger also Grows"
The Other Beginning
The Essence of Modern Technology
Chapter 1
Martin Heidegger's Question Concerning Technology
A Question about the Free Relationship
The Essence of Modern Technology Thought of as Enframing
The Limitations of Technology
Chapter 2
Modern Technology As The Offspring Of Enframing: The Reproduction Of Modern Technology
Under the Rule of Enframing
The Self-Movement of Physis
Phenomenology of Enframing
Chapter 3
Toward an Understanding of Essence
Heidegger's Concept of Essence
The Total Mobilization of Beings
A Matter of Time
Part II
Technology in the Context of Art
Chapter 4
"The Origin Of The Work Of Art"
"Out of the Dark Opening"
The Truth on the Work
The Truth in the Work
Chapter 5
The Truth of Technology
The Mystery of the Work of Art
Art in the Work of Technology
Dangerous Art
Part III
The Story Between Nature and Art
Chapter 6
The Genealogy of Modern Technology
Techne vs. Modern Technology
This History of Metaphysics
Two Approaches Critiquing Modernity
Chapter 7
Alternative Genealogies
The Characteristic of Beings
Biotechnology
Toward the Origin of Modern Technology
Chapter 8
Adjustment
A Timely Work of Art
"Where the Saving Power is, the Danger also Grows"
The Other Beginning