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ON THE INTERNET IBD

ROUTLEDGE
10 / 2008
9780415775168
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Sinopsis

Can the internet solve the problem of mass education, and bring human beings to a new level of community? Drawing on a diverse array of thinkers from Plato to Kierkegaard, On the Internet argues that there is much in common between the disembodied, free floating web and DescartesâÇÖ separation of mind and body. Hubert Dreyfus also shows how KierkegaardâÇÖs insights into the origins of a media-obsessed public anticipate the web surfer, blogger and chat room. Drawing on studies of the isolation experienced by many internet users and the insights of philosopher such as Descartes and Kierkegaard, Dreyfus shows how the internetâÇÖs privatisation of experience ignores essential human capacities such as trust, moods, risk, shared local concerns and commitment. The second edition includes a brand new chapter onáâÇÖSecond LifeâÇÖ and is revised and updatedáthroughout.á