Needful Structures: The Dialectics of Action, Technology, and Society in Sartre's Later Philosophy and The Meaning of Love

Needful Structures: The Dialectics of Action, Technology, and Society in Sartre's Later Philosophy

Name: Needful Structures: The Dialectics of Action, Technology, and Society in Sartre's Later Philosophy
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Author: Marcel Siegler
ISBN: 9783837662825

by Marcel Siegler

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Publisher: Transcript Publishing
14.8 x 22.5 x 1.2 cm

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How do humans, their needs, and technology interact in society? Marcel Siegler explores the dialectical relationship between human needs and desires, the demands and requirements of the built world, and the forms of organization that hold both humans and the built world together. He argues that complex societal constellations emerge from the actions individuals perform with the technological means at hand to satisfy their needs and desires in the short and long run. Based on a novel, complementary reading of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, the study develops a conceptual framework for analyzing the intricate machinations of sociotechnical systems from a perspective on situated human-technology interaction.