Hegel in a wired brain
(2020)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
193/ZIZEK,S

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 193/ZIZEK,S Available

Details

PUBLISHED
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020
DESCRIPTION

1 volume ; 20 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781350124417, 1350124419, 9781350124417
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

"In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of G.W.F. Hegel, Slavoj Žižek gives us a reading of a philosophical giant that changes our way of thinking about the post-human era we are entering. No ordinary study of Hegel, Hegel in a Wired Brain reveals our time as it appears through Hegel's eyes. Focusing in on the idea of the wired brain, this is a philosophical analysis of what happens when a direct link between our mental processes and a digital machine emerges. Here Žižek explores the phenomenon of a wired brain affect, and the notion of singularity subsequently arising when we can share our thoughts and experiences with others. He hones in on the key question of how it affects our experience and status as free human individuals, dealing with what happens with the human spirit, our subjectivity and the very essence of being-human when a machine can read, action and disperse our thoughts. With characteristic verve and energy, Žižek connects Hegel to the world we live in and shows why he is much more fun than anyone gives him credit for, and why the 21st century might just be Hegelian"--