A Postphenomenological Inquiry of Cell Phones
Genealogies, Meanings, and Becoming
1st Edition
Published on 11. November 2015
182 pages
979-8-216-21855-5 (ISBN)
Description
Why does the announcement of a new cellphone model ignite excitement and passion? Why do most people return home when they forget their cellphones, while only few would return for their wallets? How did the cellphone technology become so dominant for many of us? This book offers an analysis of the historical evolution and of the meanings of this technology in the lives of billions of people. The book offers a unique point of view on the cellphone that merges genealogical analysis of its development since the 1990s and philosophical insights into a coherent analytical framework. With new concepts like "histories of the future" and "memory prosthesis," the book aims to explain the excitement arising from new model announcements and the ever-growing dependency on the cellphone through the framing of these experiences in wide philosophical contexts. It is the first philosophical analysis of the important roles the cellphone plays in contemporary everydayness.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 BW Illustrations, 2 Tables
ISBN-13
979-8-216-21855-5 (9798216218555)
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Book
11/2015
Lexington Books
€115.80
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Person
Galit Wellner is a post-doctoral researcher at Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
Content
Part I - Historical Variations
- First Historical Variation: Talking Heads
- Second Historical Variation: Texting-at-Hand
- Third Historical Variation: The Kingdom of Multi-media Applications
- Fourth Historical Variation: Sensory Exploration
Interlude: Transforming "I," Technology and World
Part II - Invariants
- First Invariant: Wall-Window-Screen
- Second Invariant: The Quasi-Face of the Cellphone
- Third Invariant: Memory Prosthesis
Summary: Becoming-Mobile
- First Historical Variation: Talking Heads
- Second Historical Variation: Texting-at-Hand
- Third Historical Variation: The Kingdom of Multi-media Applications
- Fourth Historical Variation: Sensory Exploration
Interlude: Transforming "I," Technology and World
Part II - Invariants
- First Invariant: Wall-Window-Screen
- Second Invariant: The Quasi-Face of the Cellphone
- Third Invariant: Memory Prosthesis
Summary: Becoming-Mobile
