Handling technical Power

Philosophy of Technology

By (author) Bernhard Irrgang Translated by Gokul Somasekharan

Book cover: Handling technical Power

Extent: 224 pages

Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag

Subjects: Philosophy

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(December 2014)

ISBN: 9783515109192

6.69 x 9.49 inches

Price: $81.00

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Bernhard Irrgang develops a phenomenology and hermeneutics of technical handling, which he understands as a method of analyzing and interpreting framing questions regarding hypermodern technological civilizations. Archetypes, models, designs and concepts of technical and non-technical kinds, embedded into culture and economics have to be examined with respect to the interpretation of models and images, which guide their handling.

Bernhard Irrgang, geb. 1953, Professor fur Technikphilosophie an der TU Dresden. Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Geschichte der Philosophie im 17., 18., 20. Jahrhundert; Kulturtheorie der Technik, Grenzfragen der Biologie/Philosophie sowie angewandte und hermeneutische Ethik, insbesondere Technikethik; Okologische Ethik, (bio-)medizinische Ethik, interkulturelle Umweltethik.

  • By (author) Bernhard Irrgang
  • Translated by Gokul Somasekharan