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3. The Institution of Technology

Chapter of: Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology(pp. 73–93)

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Title3. The Institution of Technology
ContributorDarian Meacham(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0421.03
Landing pagehttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0421/chapters/10.11647/obp.0421.03
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
CopyrightDarian Meacham
PublisherOpen Book Publishers
Published on2024-10-16
Long abstractIn the third chapter entitled “The Institution of Technology,” Darian Meacham explores if the concept of “institution” can help better articulating how phenomenology can contribute to the philosophy of technology. He analyses the development of this concept throughout Merleau-Ponty’s work and shows how it arose in response to Lukács criticism that phenomenology would be inapt to deal with political affairs and/or to articulate the totality that humans are immersed in. Roughly speaking, Meacham defines institutions as durable forms of common life, and he shows how focusing on institutions circumvents Lukács’ criticism because it account for the possibility of intersubjective relations that are shared over time as well as an account of social and technical objects that are formed and maintained in communicative and expressive actions. Meacham sketches the beginnings of a phenomenological method of studying technologies as institutions, which enables to articulate how they structure different domains of intersubjective life.
Page rangepp. 73–93
Print length21 pages
LanguageEnglish (Original)
Contributors

Darian Meacham

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Professor of Philosophy at Maastricht University
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4039-3174

Darian Meacham is an Professor of Philosophy at Maastricht University and Principal Investigator for Ethics and Responsible Innovation at the Brightlands Institute for Smart Society. He is the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology. He previously lectured at University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol and received his PhD from the University of Leuven. His work focuses on the relation between phenomenology and naturalism, enactivism, philosophy of technology, as well the work of Patocka and (European) politics.

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