Bernard Stiegler
12 books
About the Author
Bernard Stiegler (1952–2020) was a French philosopher, media theorist, and cultural critic whose work profoundly influenced contemporary thought on technology, politics, and human cognition. Drawing from phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and political economy, Stiegler explored how digital technologies disrupt traditional knowledge systems and foster societal malaise in the modern era. He served as director of the Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation and founded the think tank Ars Industrialis, advocating for a 'pharmacology' of technology that acknowledges its dual potential for ruin and renewal. His incisive critiques of capitalism's evolution and the commodification of the sensible continue to resonate, urging a reevaluation of care, creativity, and collective intelligence in the face of algorithmic governance and ecological crisis. Notable works include States of Shock: Stupidity and Knowledge in the 21st Century, Symbolic Misery, Volume 2: The Catastrophe of the Sensible, and The Lost Spirit of Capitalism: Disbelief and Discredit, Volume 3.
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