The Outdatedness of Human Beings
The Outdatedness of Human Beings (German: Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen; where antiquiertheit can be translated as outdatedness, antiquatedness or obsolescence[1]) is a two-volume work by philosopher and journalist Günther Anders. The first volume was published by C.H. Beck in Munich in 1956, the second one in 1980. The unfinished third one was split up into six parts and published over the span of 1989–90.
Reviews[edit]
- Daniel Morat, "Timeliness of Guenther Anders' Obsoleteness, Anthropology in the Industrial Age." Institute of Contemporary History, Georg-August Universitaet Goettingen.[2]
- "Guenther Anders' media critique and attention disorder". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[3]
- Radio program "Buch-Tipps". Guenther Anders. Schweizer Rundfunk und Fernsehen.[4]
- Roland Merk, writer. Guenther Anders.[5]
- Christian Dries, philosopher University of Freiburg. "From The Outdatedness of Human Beings to and Ethics of Contingency, Guenther Anders as a Thinker of the Present." Symposium. Waldhof Akademie für Weiterbildung.[6]
- Frank Hartmann, lecture University of Vienna. "Outdatedness of Human Beings. Philosophy of Technology and Media Critique" [7]
English translations[edit]
- The Obsolescence of Man, Volume I. Translated by Josep Monter Pérez
- The Obsolescence of Man, Volume II. Translated by Josep Monter Pérez
References[edit]
- ^ Fuchs, Christian (2017). "Günther Anders' Undiscovered Critical Theory of Technology in the Age of Big Data Capitalism". tripleC. 15 (2): 582–611. doi:10.31269/triplec.v15i2.898.
- ^ Morat, Daniel (2006). "Die Aktualität der Antiquiertheit. Günther Anders' Anthropologie des industriellen Zeitalters" [The topicality of antiquatedness Günther Anders' anthropology of the industrial age]. Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History.
- ^ "Rezension: Günther Anders' Medienkritik und die Zerstreuung" [Günther Anders' media criticism and distraction]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 1 February 2001.
- ^ "Günther Anders: Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen – Radio".
- ^ "Günther Anders: Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen – Roland Merk".
- ^ Dries, Christian. "Von der Antiquiertheit des Menschen zur Ethik der Kontingenz. Günther Anders als Denker der Gegenwart" [From The Outdatedness of Human Beings to and Ethics of Contingency, Guenther Anders as a Thinker of the Present]. waldhof-freiburg.de. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016.
- ^ Hartmann, Frank. "Vorlesung philosophische Grundlagen, Medienphilosophie 2.5" [Lecture on philosophical basics, media philosophy 2.5]. Institute for Journalism at the University of Vienna.
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