The Politics of Digital Pharmacology Exploring the Craft of Collective Care 1st Edition by Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber Stein 3837662497 978-3837662498

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Authors:Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber-Stein , Series:Pharmacology [78] , Tags:Digital Media; Digitalization; Cultural Theory; Political Theory; Republicanism; Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Bernard Stiegler; Politics; Technology; Medicine; Policy; Internet; Political Science , Author sort:Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber-Stein , Languages:Languages:eng , Published:Published:Jul 2022 , Publisher:Political Science , Comments:Comments:Digitization is transforming our world economically, culturally, and psychologically. The influx of new forms of communication, networking, and business opportunities, as well as new types of distraction, self-observation, and control into our societies represents an epochal challenge. Following Bernard Stiegler’s concept of pharmacology, Felix Heidenreich and Florian Weber-Stein propose to view these new forms as digital pharmaka. Properly dosed, they can enable new self-relationships and forms of sociality; in the case of overdose, however, there is a risk of intoxication. In this essay, Felix Heidenreich, Florian Weber-Stein, and, in a detailed interview, Bernard Stiegler analyze this complex change in our world and develop new skills to use digital pharmaka.