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Automatic society / Bernard Stiegler ; translated by Daniel Ross

Author
Stiegler, Bernard
Uniform Title
Société automatique. English
Published
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : Polity Press, [2016]-
Edition
English edition.
Physical Description
volumes ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Ross, Daniel, 1970-

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Contents
Vol. 1. The future of work -- Introduction: Functional stupidity, entropy and negentropy in the anthropocene -- The industry of traces and automized artificial crowds -- States of shock, states of fact, states of law -- The destruction of the faculty of dreaming -- Overtaken: The automatic generation of protentions -- Within the electronic leviathan in fact and in law -- On available time for the coming generation -- Energies and potentials in the twenty-first century -- Above and beyond the market -- Conclusion: Noetic pollination and the neganthropocene.
Summary
"This important new book by one of France's leading philosophers will appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities, as well as anyone concerned with the future of our societies in a digital age."--Provided by publisher.
Across the world, integrated automation is leading to a drastic reduction in employment - from the legal profession to truck driving, from medicine to stevedoring. In this first volume of a new series, Bernard Stiegler proposes a radical solution to the crisis posed by automation and consumer capitalism more generally: he advocates a decoupling of 'work', which is meaningful, from 'employment', with the ultimate aim of eradicating the latter altogether. Through a critique of the limits of contemporary capitalism, he calls for the invention of new economic models based on remuneration for a broad range of activities beneficial both to the individual and to society. This important new book by one of France's leading philosophers will appeal to students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities, as well as anyone concerned with the future of our societies in a digital age. -- from back cover.
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9781509506309 (volume 1 ; hardback ; alkaline paper)
1509506306 (volume 1 ; hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781509506316 (volume 1 ; paperback ; alkaline paper)
1509506314 (volume 1 ; paperback ; alkaline paper)
9781509506330 (mobi)
9781509506347 (epub)
Note
"First published in [French] as La Société automatique."--Title page verso.
Other Edition
Translation of: Stiegler, Bernard [Paris] : Fayard, 2015
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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