Contents
Foreword
Bernard Stiegler
Introduction: Outline of an Investigation on Digital Objects
Part I. Objects
1. The Genesis of Digital Objects
2. Digital Objects and Ontologies
Part II. Relations
3. The Space of Networks
4. The Time of Technical Systems
Part III. Logics
5. Logic and Object
6. Logic and Time
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Yuk Hui is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media in Leuphana University in Germany.
Bernard Stiegler is head of the Institut de recherche et d’innovation of the Centre Pompidou.
"The object of this remarkable, groundbreaking book is as elegant
as it is profound—to provide us with a radically objective account
of the digital objects that populate our world, both on- and
offline. On the Existence of Digital Objects is a truly innovative
and philosophically grounded ‘object oriented ontology’ that is
designed for and can scale to the increasingly complex orders of
magnitude confronted in the twenty-first century."—David J. Gunkel,
author of The Machine Question
"Hui adeptly blends his technical training and philosophical
knowledge to address a fundamental question: what is the
relationship between technological and humanistic concerns?"—Public
Books"Hui unveils the political agenda of “bringing society
together” where “techniques can be re-inscribed in culture”,
conducted through a clear and documented essay."—Neural"Hui’s
project is remarkable for a conceptual engagement with
twentieth-century philosophies of technology (Simondon, Heidegger,
Husserl, Stiegler, Ellul) that pushes these theories further by
confronting them with questions of the digital."—Radical Philosophy
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