On the Internet

by Dreyfus, Hurbert L.

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Full title :On the Internet.

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Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet is one of the first books to bring philosophical insight to the debate on how far the internet can and cannot take us. Dreyfus shows us the roots of the disembodied, free floating web surfer in Descartes' separation of mind and body, and how Kierkegaard's insights into the birth of the modern reading public anticipate the news-hungry, but disinterested risk avoiding internet junkie. Drawing on recent studies of the isolation experienced by many internet users, Dreyfus shows how the internet's privatisation of experience ignores essential human capacities such as trust, moods, risk, shared local concerns and commitment. On the Internet is essential reading for anyone on line and all those interested in our place in the e-revolution.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2001
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Abingdon, Oxon
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2001

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (138 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780203187876, 0203187873
oclc:on1048422937
LC Classification:HM851
Dewey Decimal:303.4833

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- One The Hype about Hyperlinks -- Two How Far is Distance Learning from Education? -- Three Disembodied Telepresence and the Remoteness of the Real -- Four Nihilism on the Information Highway: Anonymity vs. Commitment in the Present Age -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index.

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