Postphenomenological Inquiry of Cell Phones

Genealogies, Meanings, and Becoming

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Why does the announcement of a new cellphone model ignite excitement and passion? Why do most people return home when they forget their cellphones, while only few would return for their wallets? How did the cellphone technology become so dominant for many of us? This book offers an analysis of the historical evolution and of the meanings of this technology in the lives of billions of people. The book offers a unique point of view on the cellphone that merges genealogical analysis of its development since the 1990s and philosophical insights into a coherent analytical framework. With new concepts like "histories of the future" and "memory prosthesis," the book aims to explain the excitement arising from new model announcements and the ever-growing dependency on the cellphone through the framing of these experiences in wide philosophical contexts. It is the first philosophical analysis of the important roles the cellphone plays in contemporary everydayness.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-11-11
Mått158 x 239 x 19 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePostphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
Antal sidor182
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739198483

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Part I - Historical Variations- First Historical Variation: Talking Heads- Second Historical Variation: Texting-at-Hand- Third Historical Variation: The Kingdom of Multi-media Applications- Fourth Historical Variation: Sensory ExplorationInterlude: Transforming "I," Technology and WorldPart II – Invariants- First Invariant: Wall-Window-Screen- Second Invariant: The Quasi-Face of the Cellphone- Third Invariant: Memory ProsthesisSummary: Becoming-Mobile

A quick scan of the comprehensive bibliography points toward only six female authors who have made interventions into (post)phenomenology; evidence that Wellner’s work is both a rarity and a necessity in such a burgeoning field. This book reflects and demonstrates an expanding reach in the philosophy of technology. Robust and layered, Wellner’s A Postphenomenological Inquiry of Cell Phones could serve as a critical text for expanding the intersection of phenomenology and mobile media, highlighting a relationship between cell phones, users, and the environment.

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