The Politics of Digital Pharmacology: Exploring the Craft of Collective Care

Felix Heidenreich; Florian Weber-Stein

book: The Politics of Digital Pharmacology

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2022

The Politics of Digital Pharmacology

Exploring the Craft of Collective Care

Felix Heidenreich and Florian Weber-Stein
Funded by: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst , professional school of education stuttgart ludwigsburg and transcript: Open Library 2022 (Politik)

Volume 135 in the series Edition Politik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839462492

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About this book

Digitization is transforming our world economically, culturally and psychologically. The influx of new forms of communication, networking, and business opportunities, as well as new types of distraction, self-observation, and control into our societies represents an epochal challenge. Following Bernard Stiegler's concept of pharmacology, Felix Heidenreich and Florian Weber-Stein propose to view these new forms as digital pharmaka. Properly dosed, they can enable new self-relationships and forms of sociality; in the case of overdose, however, there is a risk of intoxication.
In this essay, Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber-Stein and, in a detailed interview, Bernard Stiegler analyze this complex change in our world and develop new skills to use digital pharmaka.

Author / Editor information

Felix Heidenreich is a philosopher and political scientist teaching at Universität Stuttgart. Among his publications are textbooks on political theory and contributions on Foucault, and Blumenberg.
Florian Weber-Stein is a professor of political science and political education at Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg. His research interests include democratic theory and data literacy.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Foreword Open Access Download PDF	7
Part I: Towards a Cura Publica
Chapter 1: Introducing Pharmacology Open Access Download PDF	9
Chapter 2: Pharmacology on the Threshold of Modernity: Rousseau Open Access Download PDF	25
Chapter 3: Digital Pharmacology: Stiegler Open Access Download PDF	51
Chapter 4: Exploring the Limits of Pharmacology Open Access Download PDF	67
Part II: An Interview with Bernard Stiegler
Bernard Stiegler: Elements of Pharmacology An interview with Felix Heidenreich and Florian Weber-Stein Open Access Download PDF	83
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	117

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 126
Keywords: Digitalization; Cultural Theory; Political Theory; Republicanism; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Bernard Stiegler; Politics; Technology; Medicine; Policy; Internet; Political Science

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Published: September 27, 2022
ISBN: 9783839462492