The Eight Technologies of Otherness [Paperback]

Dr Sue Golding (Author), Sue Golding (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415145791 | ISBN-13: 978-0415145794 | Publication Date: September 28, 1997 | Edition: 1

The Eight Technologies of Otherness is a bold and provocative re-thinking of identities, politics, philosophy, ethics, and cultural practices. In this groundbreaking text, old essentialism and binary divides collapse under the weight of a new and impatient necessity. Consider Sue Golding's eight technologies: curiosity, noise, cruelty, appetite, skin, nomadism, contamination, and dwelling. But why only eight technologies? And why these eight, in particular? Included are thirty-three artists, philosophers, filmmakers, writers, photographers, political militants, and 'pulp-theory' practitioners whose work (or life) has contributed to the re-thinking of 'otherness,' to which this book bears witness, throw out a few clues.

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About the Author

Sue Golding is in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Greenwich, and is also a theatre director, producer, and political activist. She is the author of Gramsci's Democratic Theory (1992), and is a contributor to The Sexed City (forthcoming from Routledge) and Sexy Bodies (Routledge, 1996).

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (September 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415145791
• ISBN-13: 978-0415145794
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,105,491 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a little mind blowing, sexy and smart;wild use of technology, March 14, 2000

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malcolm (london, england) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eight Technologies of Otherness (Paperback)

as a kind of music nerd, i came across this book looking for different ways 'technology' is used these days. this book blew me away -- it has 8 sections [or technologies] like skin, cruelty, contamination [i can't remember them all]. but it was like surfing in some incredible ocean -- intense and hard, but also with some funk/acid thrown in. recommend you read it slow, and just kind of dip into it. wow.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Utter genius, March 23, 2000

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Michel Foucault (Paris, France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eight Technologies of Otherness (Hardcover)

This book, or should I say, work of sublime genius is necessary reading for any one concerned, worried, excited, turned-on, bored by the events of this age. This work alleviates the itch and creates a new high water mark for current philosophy. A must read for any serious human.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Linguisitic and mental ballet, December 8, 1999

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Julien (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eight Technologies of Otherness (Paperback)

This work appears to function far above my level, so it must be exceptional.