The crisis of the self in the age of information : computers, dolphins, and dreams
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The crisis of the self in the age of information : computers, dolphins, and dreams
(Critical psychology)
Routledge, 1994
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Self-identity is reflected in lifestyle; the clothes we wear, the kind of car we drive, how big our house is. Before information technology arrived, these outward appearances were easy for ourselves and others to see and judge the kind of person we were and our place in society. Computers are changing all this. Social interaction is being replaced by human-computer interaction and programs give us very few clues about the programmer. Old skills which were highly regarded in the industrial era are becoming less valuable to be replaced by a set of new skills relevant to information technology. The author draws on the experiences, hopes and dreams of computer users to explore the personal, psychological and philosophical implications for a post-industrial information technology-led society.
Table of Contents
- Part I Crisis of the self: the technological mirror
- narcissism, mastery and identity
- three dreams
- individualism, the perplexing project. Part II Technological objects and divided subjects: boundary
- subjectivity
- ethics
- recognition
- identification. Part III Internal colonization and response: the logic of colonial organization
- information processing psychology
- technology and authority
- restoration of the self.
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