Spirits in the material world
Subtitle: the challenge of technology
By: Gil Germain.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780739133682; 9780739133705
Subjects: Reality; Realism; Materialism; Technology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: As real as it gets : Derrida; title: The experiential divide : Merleau-Ponty and Derrida; title: Connective tissue; title: The originary disconnect; title: Deconstruction and the computer; title: Reality show: baudrillard; title: The problem with reality; title: The genealogy of value; title: Hyperreality; title: Disappearance and death; title: The baudrillard twins; title: Reality shows : Virilio; title: Speed, light ,and the attack on reality; title: The tyranny of real time; title: The ultimate interface; title: War and faith; title: The fate of the real : Lyotard; title: Withdrawal of the real : the two waves; title: Complexification and the inhuman; title: Virtual intelligence; title: TDers, BUers, AI, and AL; title: The remainder; title: Getting real(er); title: The problem of technology; title: The question of alienation; title: Between alienation and reconciliation; title: In praise of materialism.