The Technoscientific Turn of Philosophy

The Age of Cybernetics
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-21080-7
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 181 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 366 g

In this book, Žarko Paic offers a radical rethinking of aesthetics, ontology, and the technosphere in the age of digital transformation and posthumanism. Challenging classical metaphysics, Paic explores how cybernetics, autopoiesis, and visualization reshape our understanding of art, the body, and Being itself. Through a synthesis of philosophy, contemporary art theory, and technoscience, the book argues that the technosphere is not merely a technological environment but a new ontological condition—one that redefines freedom, embodiment, and the human in terms of synthetic cognition and algorithmic life.

Spanning topics from chaos and entropy to transgenic art and the ethics of war, Paic constructs a compelling vision of the posthuman condition, where singularity replaces God and ontology dissolves into code. This book is essential reading for scholars of digital aesthetics, visual studies, posthumanism, and contemporary philosophy, offering a provocative framework for understanding art and existence in the era of planetary computation.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paic, Žarko

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Philosophie der Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie der Technik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Kybernetik, Systemtheorie, Komplexe Systeme
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Interdisziplinär Systemtheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Theses on the Technosphere as the End of the Cosmic Epoch.- 2. Homo Kybernetes: From Onto-genesis to the Posthuman Condition.- 3. The Technosphere and Nihilism: Autopoiesis as the End of Metaphysics.- 4. The Body and The Technosphere: Beyond Phenomenology And Its Conceptual Matrix.- 5. How else can we think about Art? Figurality, Aisthesis, and Visualization.- 6. On The Navigation Of Uncertainties: Chaos, Entropy, and Technological Singularity.- 7. War, The Technosphere, and the Question of Evil: Three Paradigms of War.- 8. Freedom As An Event: Groundlessness As The Openness Of The World.- 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Žarko Paic is a retired full professor at the School of Fashion Design, University of Zagreb, Croatia, where he taught aesthetics, fashion, media theory, and visual studies. His previous Palgrave books include (2019) and (2022).