Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
Identity and Purpose in an Age of Intelligent Machines
Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm
ISBN: 978-1-041-46483-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
This book is an interdisciplinary work that redefines the relationship between humanity and artificial intelligence. As AI rapidly transforms society, it challenges the defensive cultural response to automation, offering a radical alternative: reclaiming what it means to live a fully human life.
Through four foundational pillars - Philosophy, Psychology, Decision-Making, and The Human Renaissance - the book systematically explores human identity, motivation, resilience, and wisdom. Philosophy provides a framework for understanding identity, freedom, and responsibility, while Psychology delves into creativity, growth, and resilience. Decision-Making emphasises human discernment, judgment under uncertainty, and practical wisdom. The Human Renaissance pillar builds on these foundations, translating them into lived human experience through presence, embodied knowing, creative consciousness, relational depth, and vocational authenticity. By reframing AI as a mirror rather than a threat, the book exposes centuries of self-mechanisation and clarifies where human worth resides. It seamlessly integrates conceptual analysis, scientific evidence, and real-world applications, making it directly relevant for leadership and organisational contexts.
This work is ideal for senior undergraduate and postgraduate courses in technology ethics, business management, leadership studies, organisational psychology, and philosophy. It is also highly relevant for executive education programs, professional development workshops, and interdisciplinary seminars focused on AI disruption, humanistic studies, and decision-making in complex environments. Designed for academics, researchers, and leaders, it provides actionable insights for embracing human care, authenticity, and depth in an increasingly automated world.
Zielgruppe
General, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference
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Weitere Infos & Material
Preface: AI As a Mirror, Not an Invader
Introduction to Section I: Who Are You, Really?
Section I: Philosophy
Chapter 1: The Examined Self: Who Am I? Three Philosophical Traditions
Chapter 2: Identity across Cultures: Multiple Lenses on Selfhood
Chapter 3: Freedom, Responsibility, and the Examined Choice: Existentialist Thought in an Age of Algorithmic Recommendation
Chapter 4: Virtue Ethics and the Question of Character: Human Flourishing in an Age of Intelligent Optimisation
Chapter 5: Work, Vocation, and the Philosophy of Making: What We are For When the Work We Do Is Disrupted
From Philosophy to Psychology [bridge one]
Section II: Psychology
Chapter 6: The Three Pillars of Human Motivation, Self-Determination Theory in the AI Age
Chapter 7: Flow States and the Psychology of Peak Experience: Optimal Experience in an Age of Engineered Distraction
Chapter 8: Maslow Revisited: A Hierarchy of Human Needs in an Age of Disruption
Chapter 9: Resilience and Growth: The Human Capacity to Be Transformed by Adversity
Chapter 10: The Psychology of Creativity: What Human Creativity Actually Is, and What It Requires
Chapter 11: Work and Purpose: The Psychology of Meaningful Engagement in a Disrupted World
From Psychology to Decision-Making [bridge 2]
Section III: Decision-Making
Chapter 12: Two Systems of Human Thinking: Intuition, Analysis, and the Architecture of Mind
Chapter 13: The Art of Discernment: Knowing Which Way of Knowing to Trust
Chapter 14: Navigating Genuine Uncertainty: Judgement When the Map Runs Out
Chapter 15: Integrated Wisdom: When the Whole of a Person Exceeds the Sum of Their Capacities
From Wisdom to World [bridge three]
Section IV: The Human Renaissance
Chapter 16: Reframing the Disruption: From Threat to Invitation
Chapter 17: The Cultivation of Presence: Attention as the Foundation for Everything That Follows
Chapter 18: Embodied Knowing: The Intelligence That Lives in the Body
Chapter 19: Creative Consciousness: Thinking Beyond Patterns
Chapter 20: Relational Depth: The Irreplaceable Human Connection
Chapter 21: Work Reimagined: Vocation, Contribution, and the Human Dimension of Professional Life
Chapter 22: The Human Renaissance: Living Fully in an Age of Intelligent Machines
Afterword: A Note to the Reader
