The Eight Technologies of Otherness

By Sue Golding and Dr Sue Golding

Book Overview

The Eight Technologies of Otherness is a bold and provocative re-thinking of identities, politics, philosophy, ethics, and cultural practices. In this groundbreaking text, old essentialism and binary divides collapse under the weight of a new and impatient necessity. Consider Sue Golding's eight technologies: curiosity, noise, cruelty, appetite, skin, nomadism, contamination, and dwelling. But why only eight technologies? And why these eight, in particular? Included are thirty-three artists, philosophers, filmmakers, writers, photographers, political militants, and 'pulp-theory' practitioners whose work (or life) has contributed to the re-thinking of 'otherness, ' to which this book bears witness, throw out a few clues.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415145791
• ISBN13: 9780415145794
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.7" x 0.9" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Utter genius

This book, or should I say, work of sublime genius is necessary reading for any one concerned, worried, excited, turned-on, bored by the events of this age. This work alleviates the itch and creates a new high water mark for current philosophy. A must read for any serious human.

a little mind blowing, sexy and smart;wild use of technology

as a kind of music nerd, i came across this book looking for different ways 'technology' is used these days. this book blew me away -- it has 8 sections [or technologies] like skin, cruelty, contamination [i can't remember them all]. but it was like surfing in some incredible ocean -- intense and hard, but also with some funk/acid thrown in. recommend you read it slow, and just kind of dip into it. wow.

Linguisitic and mental ballet

This work appears to function far above my level, so it must be exceptional.