Technics and time /
Bernard Stiegler ; translated by Richard Beardsworth and George Collins.
- 2 volumes ; 24 cm.
- Meridian .
- Meridian (Stanford, Calif.). .
Translation of: La technique et le temps; vol. 1 translation of: La faute d'Epiméthée -- vol. 2 translation of: La Désorientation. Translation of: La technique et le temps; vol. 1 translation of: La faute d'Epiméthée.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-295).
1. The fault of Epimetheus -- 2. Disorientation / translated by Stephen Barker.
"At the beginning of Western philosophy, Aristotle contrasted made objects, which did not have the source of their own production within themselves, with beings formed by nature. This distinction persisted until Marx, who conceived of the possibility of an evolution of the technical object. This philosophy developed while industrialisation was in the process of overthrowing the contemporary order of social organisation, which highlighted technology's new place in philosophical enquiry. Bernard Stiegler goes back to the beginning of Western philosophy and revises the Aristotelian assessment, developing a complex argument whereby the technical object can be seen as having an essential, distinctive temporality and dynamic of its own. The author engages the ideas of Rousseau, Husserl, and Heidegger, the paleo-ontologist Leroi-Gourhan, the anthropologists Vernant and Detienne, the sociologists Weber and Habermas, and the systems analysts Maturana and Varela."--Publisher description.