ISBN:
9781803824192
,
9781803824215
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (ix, 262 Seiten)
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
SocietyNow
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Geschichte 1850-2020
;
Digitalisierung
;
Humanismus
;
Informationsgesellschaft
;
Electronic books
;
Humanismus
;
Informationsgesellschaft
;
Digitalisierung
;
Humanismus
;
Geschichte 1850-2020
Abstract:
Our contemporary global digital society is not always a good place to live. Authoritarianism, hatred, false news, post-truth culture, the COVID-19 anti-vaccination movement, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and political polarisation are organised via the Internet. The public sphere is highly polarised. Today, many humans tend to think of other humans mainly in terms of friends and enemies. Robots and Artificial Intelligence-based automation have created new challenges for the world of work. Decades of neoliberalism have increased inequalities. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vulnerability of humanity to viruses and health crises. Humanity and society are in a major crisis and digitalisation mediates this crisis. Digital Humanismexplores how Humanism can help us to critically understand how digital technologies shape society and humanity, providing an introduction to Humanism in the digital age. Fuchs introduces the approach of Digital Humanism and outlines foundations of a Radical Digital Humanism, analysing what decolonisation of academia and the study of the digital, media and communication means; what the roles are of robots, automation, and Artificial Intelligence in digital capitalism, and how the communication of death and dying has been mediated by digital technologies, capitalist necropower, and digital capitalism. In order to save humanity and society, we need Radical Digital Humanism now.
Abstract:
Cover -- DIGITAL HUMANISM -- Endorsement -- DIGITAL HUMANISM: A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What Is Humanism? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Definitions of Humanism -- 3 Humanism's Transculturality -- 4 Yuval Noah Harari's Critique of Humanism -- 5 What Is Radical Humanism? Foundations of Radical Humanism -- 6 Four Approaches to Radical Humanism: Karl Marx, Erich Fromm, Wang Ruoshui, David Harvey -- 6.1 Karl Marx -- 6.2 Erich Fromm -- 6.3 Wang Ruoshui -- 6.4 David Harvey -- 7 Conclusion -- 3. What Is Digital Humanism? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Foundations of Digital Humanism: What Is Digital Humanism? -- 3 Foundations of Radical Digital Humanism -- 4 Objections to Digital Humanism -- 5 Conclusion -- 4. De-Colonising Academia: A Radical Humanist Perspective -- 1 Introduction -- 2 De-Colonisation in the Study of Media, Communication and the Digital -- 2.1 Trans-Disciplinarity -- 2.2 Pluriversality as Unity in Plurality -- 2.3 Conviviality -- 3 What Is (Neo-)Colonialism? -- 3.1 Classical Colonialism -- 3.2 Colonialism and Racism -- 3.3 Colonies and Ongoing Primitive Accumulation -- 3.4 Neo-Colonialism -- 3.5 From Classical Colonialism to Neo-Colonialism -- 4 The (De-)Colonisation of Academia: A Radical Humanist and Political Economy Perspective -- 4.1 The Neoliberal Colonisation of the University and Academia -- 4.2 Capitalist Academic Publishing -- 4.3 Academic Inequalities in Rankings and Metrics -- 4.4 Unequal Reputation and Opportunities -- 4.5 Wealth Inequalities in Academia -- 4.6 Class and Higher Education -- 4.7 Management Hierarchies -- 4.8 The Capitalist University as Neo-Colonialism -- 5 Conclusion: From University Capitalism Towards the Public Interest and Commons-Oriented University -- 5.1 Academia's Relations to Society.
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