{"product_id":"the-obsolescence-of-the-human-volume-75-9781517912659","title":"The Obsolescence of the Human: Volume 75","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow available in English--one of the twentieth century's most important works on the philosophy of technology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With this first English translation of influential German philosopher Günther Anders's 1956 masterpiece of critical theory, \u003ci\u003eThe Obsolescence of the Human, \u003c\/i\u003ea new generation of readers can now engage with his prescient and haunting vision of a \"world without us\" dominated by technology. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Looking at technological events such as the detonation of the nuclear bomb and the arrival of televisions in our living rooms, Anders advances a warning of what humanity looks like in a world where it has surrendered all agency. He outlines the new emotional landscapes that shape our relationship to increasingly capable technology, including Promethean shame, the human sense of unease our own superior technological innovations can instill. Confronting the growing gap between what we can collectively create and what we can individually comprehend, Anders speculates on the trajectory of a developing technological world that rapidly exceeds our ability to control or even foresee its negative consequences. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Obsolescence of the Human\u003c\/i\u003e prefigures contemporary posthumanist discourse and is eerily predictive of current debates around automation, global warming, and artificial intelligence. Providing new ways to conceptualize the intersection of technology and emotion, it offers groundbreaking frameworks for future-oriented ethics. Radical in both its stylistic experimentation and its theoretical insights, this new translation presents a cautionary tale regarding the human capacity to usher in its own destruction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRetail e-book files for this title are screen-reader friendly with images accompanied by short alt text and\/or extended descriptions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Günther Anders (1902-1992) was one of the twentieth century's preeminent thinkers. He is author of more than thirty books and wrote extensively on topics spanning from philosophy to politics to art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Christopher John Müller is senior lecturer in the School of Communication, Society, and Culture at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. He is author of \u003ci\u003ePrometheanism: Technology, Digital Culture, and Human Obsolescence\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Christian Dries is head of the Günther Anders Research Centre at the University of Freiburg in Germany and chairman of the International Günther Anders Society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51811714793746,"sku":"9781517912659","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2aae44ab-7f9e-430b-add6-331607483298.jpg?v=1766488062","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-obsolescence-of-the-human-volume-75-9781517912659","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}