Epilogue

The epilogue serves to highlight the lessons learned from the contributions to this edited volume. A first lesson is that it appears that phenomenology only is singular as a term, and that perhaps we must no longer speak of phenomenology of technology, but of phenomenologies of technologies. Secondly, we can also observe an increasingly distinct reaction to the mentioned pluralization of phenomenology. This reaction is anticipated by the critique of postphenomenology’s empiricism. The methodical chapters of the present volume further demonstrate this reaction, as it is becoming increasingly clear that next to ongoing pluralizing and interdisciplinary approaches, the ‘classical’ phenomenological question concerning the whole of being is resurfacing. The third lesson is that the early critique on phenomenology as lacking political and ethical thrust remains to be an issue in contemporary phenomenology of technology. We conclude with, giving the interest in bringing phenomenology and politics together, it is remarkable that Stiegler’s phenomenologically inspired politics of technology remains undiscussed throughout the volume. We suggest that this perspective opens up a fruitful avenue for future work in phenomenology of technology.