Simon Mills

Gilbert Simondon

Information, Technology and Media

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gilbert Simondon: Information, Technology and Media is a comprehensive introduction to the work of the French philosopher Gilbert Simondon. In particular it examines Simondon's original informational ontology, as developed from a synthesis of Cybernetics, thermodynamics and French epistemology, The book goes on to delineate the role this ontology plays in developing an original account of individuation in the physical, biological and psycho-social regimes. This is done, in part, through reading Simondon with and against other figures in these fields such as Merleau-Ponty and Stuart Kauffman. Additionally, Mills explores Simondon's contribution to epistemology and invention, including an analysis of his important theories of the image-cycle and transindividuality. He also examines Simondon's influence on several contemporary thinkers, including Bernard Stiegler and Bruno Latour, before exploring the relevance of Simondon's work for theorising contemporary media technology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 405g
• ISBN-13: 9781783481491
• ISBN-10: 1783481498
• Artikelnr.: 42811132

Autorenporträt

Simon Mills is Senior Lecturer in New Media at De Montfort University. He has published articles in a number of academic journals, including Media, Culture and Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Precursor to a Theory of Individuation
2. Physical Individuation: Transduction and Information
3. Vital Individuation
4. Psychic and Collective Individuation
5. Philosophy of Technology
6. Culture & Technology
7. Simondon, Latour & Stiegler
8. Towards a Philosophy of Media
9. Situating Simondon
Bibliography
Index