French Philosophy of Technology

Offeringan overall insight into the French traditionof philosophy of technology, this volume is meant tomake French-speaking contributionsmore accessible to the international philosophical community.The first section, "Negotiating a Cultural Heritage," presentsa number of leading 20th century philosophical figures(from Bergson and Canguilhem to Simondon, Dagognet or Ellul) and intellectual movements (from Personalism to French Cybernetics and political ecology) that help shape philosophy of technology in the Francophone area, and feed into contemporary debates (ecology of technology, politics of technology, game studies). The secondsection, "Coining and Reconfiguring Technoscience,"traces the genealogyof this controversial concept and discusses its meanings and relevance. A thirdsection, "Revisiting Anthropological Categories,"focuses on therelationships of technology with the natural and the human worlds from various perspectives that include anthropotechnology, Anthropocene, technological and vital norms and temporalities. The finalsection, "Innovating in Ethics, Design and Aesthetics," brings together contributions that draw on various French traditions to afford fresh insights on ethics of technology, philosophy of design, techno-aesthetics and digital studies.The contributions in this volume are vivid and rich in original approachesthat can spur exchanges and debates with other philosophical traditions.