Mark Coeckelbergh

Self-Improvement

Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book shows how self-improvement culture became so toxicâ and why we need both a new concept of the self and a mission of social change in order to escape it. Mark Coeckelbergh delves into the history of the ideas that shaped this culture, critically analyzes the role of technology, and explores surprising paths out of the self-improvement trap.

Produktdetails

• No Limits
• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 174g
• ISBN-13: 9780231206556
• ISBN-10: 0231206550
• Artikelnr.: 62998133

Autorenporträt

Mark Coeckelbergh

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Phenomenon: The Self-Improvement Imperative
2. The History: Ancient Philosophers, Priests, and Humanists in Search of
Self-Knowledge and Perfection
3. The Society: Modern Self-Obsession from Rousseau to Hipster
Existentialism
4. The Political Economy: Self-Taming and Exploitation Under Wellness
Capitalism
5. The Technology: Categorized, Measured, Quantified, and Enhanced, or Why
AI Knows Us Better Than Ourselves
6. The Solution (Part I): Relational Self and Social Change
7. The Solution (Part II): Technologies That Tell Different Stories About
Us
Notes
Index