French Technological Thought and the Nonhuman Turn

iFrench Technological Thought and the Nonhuman Turn/i traces a genealogy of thinking and writing about technology, which takes us from the French avant-gardes to the contemporary ‘nonhuman turn’ in Anglo-American theory via the Surrealists, Gilbert Simondon, and Gilles Deleuze. Tracking the unruly t...

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Main Author Chalmers, Madeleine
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 31.12.2024
Edition1
SeriesCrosscurrents : CROSS
Subjects
European Studies
Language & Literature
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French
Philosophy
Philosophy, French
Philosophy, French-20th century
Technology
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents List of Illustrations Series Editor’s Preface Acknowledgments Note on Editions Introduction: 1.: The Technologos: 2.: Technics of the Fiat: 3.: Charles Cros and the Time of the Technologos 4.: Technics and the Apocalypse: 5.: Technics and the Virtual: 6.: The Therapeutic Algorithms of Raymond Roussel 7.: Surreal Technics I: 8.: Surreal Technics II: 9.: Gilles Deleuze and the Technologos Conclusion: Bibliography Index
  • Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Editions -- Introduction: Unruly Technics -- Technologos -- 1. The Technologos: A Sacrament of Synthesis -- 2. Technics of the Fiat: The Metaphysical Machines of Jean Richepin, Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Marcel Schwob, and Alfred Jarry -- 3. Charles Cros and the Time of the Technologos -- Apocalypse -- 4. Technics and the Apocalypse: Didier de Chousy -- 5. Technics and the Virtual: Alfred Jarry and Henri Bergson -- 6. The Therapeutic Algorithms of Raymond Roussel -- Ontotechnics -- 7. Surreal Technics I: André Breton's Toolbox -- 8. Surreal Technics II: Tinkering with Gilbert Simondon -- 9. Gilles Deleuze and the Technologos -- Conclusion: For the Love of Technics -- Bibliography -- Index
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Contents --
  • List of Illustrations --
  • APOCALYPSE --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Note on Editions --
  • Index
  • Series Editor's Preface --
  • TECHNOLOGOS --
  • Introduction: Unruly Technics --
  • Bibliography --
  • ONTOTECHNICS --