Dreyfus, Hubert L
On the Internet (Thinking in Action)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780415775168
- author:
- Dreyfus, Hubert L
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Pages:
- 168
- Dimensions:
- 129 mm X 198 mm
- Genre:
- Open learning, home learning, distance education
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The internet has long been touted as a tool for community and connection. However, does it truly offer a solution to our social isolation? Hubert Dreyfus explores this question through a diverse range of philosophical perspectives, from Plato to Kierkegaard. Dreyfus argues that the internet's privatisation of experience ignores essential human capacities such as trust, moods, risk, and shared local concerns. By examining studies of isolation experienced by many internet users, he shows how our online interactions can lack the depth and nuance of face-to-face connections. The second edition of On the Internet includes a new chapter on 'Second Life', offering further insights into the complexities of online community and experience.
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