African-American Autobiography and White Identity. This essay is reprinted with permission of the author from Harper's Magazine , December 1999. Part I of their conversation examines how technology has shaped not only our culture, but also the individual psyche. Part Two of Dolores Brien's conversation with Robert Romanyshyn, following the current publication of Romanyshyn's new book, The Soul in Grief. With Soul Robert Sardello contributed an excerpt on technology from his book, Facing the World With Soul , to our developing Psychology and Culture Page.
Technology seems to be the ultimate enemy of soul.
So, we are faced with a large task, the task first of seeing how this opposition arises and what it entails, and then seeing how it might be possible to recover an element of soul in technology. Archetypes of the Internet Brien, Dolores. Endangered Species Brien, Dolores. On Technologies as Forms of Life Brien, Dolores. Our Technological Culture Brien, Dolores.