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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 175-181 |
Journal | Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 |
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Keywords
- IR-76111
- Politics of artifacts
- Non-humans
- The social
- Arendt
- Latour
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The Public Thing : On the Idea of a Politics of Artefacts. / Coeckelbergh, Mark.
In: Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology, Vol. 13, No. 3, 2009, p. 175-181.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic
TY - JOUR
T1 - The Public Thing
T2 - On the Idea of a Politics of Artefacts
AU - Coeckelbergh, Mark
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Is there a politics of artifacts, and if so, what does it mean? Defining the issue as a problem about the relation between the human and the non-human, I argue that our common philosophical concepts bar us from an adequate understanding of this problem. Using the work of Hannah Arendt and Bruno Latour, I explore an escape route that involves a radical redefinition of the social. But the cost of this solution is high: we would lose the metaphysical foundation for our belief in the absolute value and dignity of humans. We should pay that prize only if we gain a better understanding of what we are doing and what we want to do together – with things.
AB - Is there a politics of artifacts, and if so, what does it mean? Defining the issue as a problem about the relation between the human and the non-human, I argue that our common philosophical concepts bar us from an adequate understanding of this problem. Using the work of Hannah Arendt and Bruno Latour, I explore an escape route that involves a radical redefinition of the social. But the cost of this solution is high: we would lose the metaphysical foundation for our belief in the absolute value and dignity of humans. We should pay that prize only if we gain a better understanding of what we are doing and what we want to do together – with things.
KW - IR-76111
KW - Politics of artifacts
KW - Non-humans
KW - The social
KW - Arendt
KW - Latour
U2 - 10.5840/techne200913320
DO - 10.5840/techne200913320
M3 - Article
VL - 13
SP - 175
EP - 181
JO - Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology
JF - Techné: Research in Philosophy and Technology
SN - 1091-8264
IS - 3
ER -