Self-Writing Machines: Technology and the Question of the Self

In order to show that technology mediates between man and machine, I will discuss in this text a literally other or alter-knowledge system that also heavily relied on self-writing machines: spiritualism. Contrary to scientific knowledge systems, in spiritualism the unforeseen, the singular, and the...

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Main Author:	Christian Kassung
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	ScholarWorks @ UMass Amherst 2015-09-01
Series:	communication +1
Subjects:	Heidegger technology History of Science, Technology, and Medicine Other Film and Media Studies occult media history of science history of technology epistemology
Online Access:	http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol4/iss1/5

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spelling	doaj-fa9e4ac81320422dbc1b95946720abe72020-11-24T21:41:01ZengScholarWorks @ UMass Amherstcommunication +12380-61092015-09-01411710.7275/R5CN71VSSelf-Writing Machines: Technology and the Question of the SelfChristian KassungIn order to show that technology mediates between man and machine, I will discuss in this text a literally other or alter-knowledge system that also heavily relied on self-writing machines: spiritualism. Contrary to scientific knowledge systems, in spiritualism the unforeseen, the singular, and the disturbance is what counts as, and produces, significance. That is the reason why alter-concepts such as spiritualism, esotericism, or occultism are not typically recognized as innovative agencies in the history of knowledge. Hence, what is needed to raise the question of a non-hegemonic knowledge production is a symmetrical approach in the history of technology.http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol4/iss1/5HeideggertechnologyHistory of Science, Technology, and MedicineOther Film and Media Studiesoccultmediahistory of sciencehistory of technologyepistemology
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description	In order to show that technology mediates between man and machine, I will discuss in this text a literally other or alter-knowledge system that also heavily relied on self-writing machines: spiritualism. Contrary to scientific knowledge systems, in spiritualism the unforeseen, the singular, and the disturbance is what counts as, and produces, significance. That is the reason why alter-concepts such as spiritualism, esotericism, or occultism are not typically recognized as innovative agencies in the history of knowledge. Hence, what is needed to raise the question of a non-hegemonic knowledge production is a symmetrical approach in the history of technology.
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Self-Writing Machines: Technology and the Question of the Self

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