Ernst Junger's Philosophy of Technology - Heidegger and the Poetics of the Anthropocene (Hardcover)

This book examines the work of Ernst Junger and its effect on the development of Martin Heidegger's influential philosophy of technology. Vincent Blok offers a unique treatment of Junger's philosophy and his conception of the age of technology, in which both world and man appear in terms of their functionality and efficiency. The primary objective of Junger's novels and essays is to make the transition from the totally mobilized world of the 20th century toward a world in which a new type of man represents the gestalt of the worker and is responsive to this new age. Blok proceeds to demonstrate Junger's influence on Heidegger's analysis of the technological age in his later work, as well as Heidegger's conceptions of will, work and gestalt at the beginning of the 1930s. At the same time, Blok evaluates Heidegger's criticism of Junger and provides a novel interpretation of the Junger-Heidegger connection: that Junger's work in fact testifies to a transformation of our relationship to language and conceptualizes the future in terms of the Anthropocene. This book, which arrives alongside several new English-language translations of Junger's work, will interest scholars of 20th-century continental philosophy, Heidegger, and the history of philosophy of technology.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
Release date:	April 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Vincent Blok
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	166
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-73759-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Aesthetics Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-73759-3
Barcode:	9781138737594

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