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الفيسبوك والفلسفة
دعونا نواجه الأمر، الفيسبوك ممتع وفاتن، من ثمّ سرعان ما يدمنه الإنسان. من أحد أسباب استمتاعنا به أنه يغذّي الأنا لدينا. "لقد مررنا جميعًا بهذه الحالة أو تلك من النرجسية التي غذاها الفيسبوك باقتدار، لأنّك ببساطة لديك مجالٌ واسعٌ تتحكّم فيه بـ كيفية إظهار نفسك، ومتى وبأيّ خطاب، بما يجعلنا نستحضر صورة نيتشه العدمية عندما يقدّم لنا في العلم المرح، رجلًا مجنونًا يعلن موت الله متسائلًا: "ألا ترانا نتحرّك؟ بعيدًا عن كل الشموس؟ ألا ترانا نغرق دون توقف؟ خلفًا، وجنبًا، وأمامًا، في جميع الاتجاهات؟" هذا تحديدًا ما نشعر به عندما نتسكّع مع الفيسبوك، مثلما أوضح أحد مؤلفي الكتاب. نغرق بحالة من التيه عبر خيوط من التعليقات وثقوب من النصوص التشعبية. فسرعان ما ننكمش "مثل طفل يشعر بالدوار هبط من فوره من على لعبة الأرجوحة الدوارة باحثًا عن شيء يمسك به، أي شيء". هكذا الفيسبوك وأنت على أريكتك أو مكتبك تنسج عالمًا أنت عماد التحرك فيه، ولكن عندما تبدأ التعليقات وردود الأفعال ووضع وصلات تشعبية توصلك إلى مراجع في صورة مقالات أو أفلام أو كتب ترد على طروحاتك النظرية أو السياسية ستجد نفسك في متاهة أكلت وقتك وجارت على مفردات يومك الغث منها والثمين.
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First published September 15, 2010
About the author
D.E. Wittkower
29 books21 followersD.E. Wittkower received a Ph.D in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University in 2006. His training concentrated on German philosophy and the history of value theory (ethics, aesthetics, social/political philosophy), and his research has concentrated primarily on issues of ethics, technology, and political philosophy. Prior to accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Old Dominion University, he taught at Coastal Carolina University, Sweet Briar College, Virginia Tech, University of Missouri - St. Louis, and University of Maine - Orono.
He is contributing editor of Facebook and Philosophy (Open Court, in press), Mr. Monk and Philosophy (Open Court, 2010), and iPod and Philosophy (Open Court, 2008); contributor to Applying Care Ethics to Business (Springer, forthcoming 2011), Audiobooks, Literature, and Sound Studies (Routledge, forthcoming 2011), Encyclopedia of Social Networking (SAGE, forthcoming 2010), Putting Knowledge to Work and Letting Information Play (Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, forthcoming 2010), The Psychology of Facebook (Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, forthcoming 2010), Anime and Philosophy (Open Court, 2010), Ethical Issues in E-Business (IGI Global, 2010), and Radiohead and Philosophy (Open Court, 2009); and author of articles appearing in Social Identities and Fast Capitalism.
He is contributing editor of Facebook and Philosophy (Open Court, in press), Mr. Monk and Philosophy (Open Court, 2010), and iPod and Philosophy (Open Court, 2008); contributor to Applying Care Ethics to Business (Springer, forthcoming 2011), Audiobooks, Literature, and Sound Studies (Routledge, forthcoming 2011), Encyclopedia of Social Networking (SAGE, forthcoming 2010), Putting Knowledge to Work and Letting Information Play (Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, forthcoming 2010), The Psychology of Facebook (Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, forthcoming 2010), Anime and Philosophy (Open Court, 2010), Ethical Issues in E-Business (IGI Global, 2010), and Radiohead and Philosophy (Open Court, 2009); and author of articles appearing in Social Identities and Fast Capitalism.
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February 16, 2017
Well, it didn't answer my particular questions towards facebook's own attitude. I was quite curious why a set of people is always shuffled & displayed as they're gonna miss you while deactivating :/
Many writers, so the writing quality fluctuated. The chapters in the beginning disappointed me, written like school essays or college assignments. But chapters through middle to the end are very well written (y) And the series itself is interesting, 107 topics they have covered through 107 volumes are really intriguing.
Many writers, so the writing quality fluctuated. The chapters in the beginning disappointed me, written like school essays or college assignments. But chapters through middle to the end are very well written (y) And the series itself is interesting, 107 topics they have covered through 107 volumes are really intriguing.
July 4, 2011
It was fine. Collection of 23 essays loosely related to philosophy and facebook. The scope of writers was quite broad, and so was their quality and my interest in them. While it was nice to read a wide and varied survey of views and topics, it would have been nice to see some thematic development by a single author. The essay length prevented a deep, philosophical investigation of any one subject. Still, it was worth the time.
April 11, 2017
What happens when you use Philosophy to look at Social Media?
This, apparently is the first question which comes to mind when you look at the cover of D.E. Wittkower's (2010) essay collection Facebook and Philosophy.
The 23 essays in this collection explore wide range of issues from matters regarding Privacy, change in meaning of Friendships, rise of a new class of bottom-up political movements and so much more (does Candy crush and Mafia war requests irritate you?).
The essays were expected to be mundane, but instead each and every one of them offers some fresh insights even though they appeared half a decade ago (2010).
Each section in the book (and there are 5 in this one) offers intriguing insights to its readers which is balanced very well with the questions the various topics raise (It also has a break-up letter to facebook.)
For instance,
The average Facebook user has 281 friends,
Craig Condella (2010) said. Could our relationships with those friends even possibly achieve Aristotle's highest level of friendship, united by virtue? By the sheer volume of surface-level interactions Facebook demands, Condella (2010) suggested, having so many friends "risks choking the deeper sorts of friendships which matter most" (p. 121).
Hmmm. A very strong proclamation indeed.
But then authors —Abrol Fairweather and Jodi Halpern (2010) argued that because Facebook brings us into the daily, lived experience of our friends, it increases our moral imagination and natural sympathy.
Meanwhile, Hamington (2010) similarly remarked that Facebook, through its chat and comment features, makes it easy for us to turn any superficial friendship relationship into "a caring one" (p. 143).
Author Chris Bloor (2010) warned, "The world is not an entirely friendly place" (p. 150). Facebook makes it easy to share information that could hurt us.
Along the same lines, Waddick Doyle and Matthew Fraser (2010) suggested that Facebook has turned everyone into Big Brother: We populate and perpetuate our own panopticon. We feed the capitalist machine with marketable information about ourselves and our friends
While it's true that 'People only care about privacy when they learn their lesson the hard way' the statement is too abstract. The 'How?' is somewhat made clear in this book.
This book can be read by anyone who knows the words 'Facebook' and 'Philosophy'.
I give this book 4 Likes . Yup. Likes.
Check out
bookreviewsandauthors.blogspot.in for more.
This, apparently is the first question which comes to mind when you look at the cover of D.E. Wittkower's (2010) essay collection Facebook and Philosophy.
The 23 essays in this collection explore wide range of issues from matters regarding Privacy, change in meaning of Friendships, rise of a new class of bottom-up political movements and so much more (does Candy crush and Mafia war requests irritate you?).
The essays were expected to be mundane, but instead each and every one of them offers some fresh insights even though they appeared half a decade ago (2010).
Each section in the book (and there are 5 in this one) offers intriguing insights to its readers which is balanced very well with the questions the various topics raise (It also has a break-up letter to facebook.)
For instance,
The average Facebook user has 281 friends,
Craig Condella (2010) said. Could our relationships with those friends even possibly achieve Aristotle's highest level of friendship, united by virtue? By the sheer volume of surface-level interactions Facebook demands, Condella (2010) suggested, having so many friends "risks choking the deeper sorts of friendships which matter most" (p. 121).
Hmmm. A very strong proclamation indeed.
But then authors —Abrol Fairweather and Jodi Halpern (2010) argued that because Facebook brings us into the daily, lived experience of our friends, it increases our moral imagination and natural sympathy.
Meanwhile, Hamington (2010) similarly remarked that Facebook, through its chat and comment features, makes it easy for us to turn any superficial friendship relationship into "a caring one" (p. 143).
Author Chris Bloor (2010) warned, "The world is not an entirely friendly place" (p. 150). Facebook makes it easy to share information that could hurt us.
Along the same lines, Waddick Doyle and Matthew Fraser (2010) suggested that Facebook has turned everyone into Big Brother: We populate and perpetuate our own panopticon. We feed the capitalist machine with marketable information about ourselves and our friends
While it's true that 'People only care about privacy when they learn their lesson the hard way' the statement is too abstract. The 'How?' is somewhat made clear in this book.
This book can be read by anyone who knows the words 'Facebook' and 'Philosophy'.
I give this book 4 Likes . Yup. Likes.
Check out
bookreviewsandauthors.blogspot.in for more.
March 11, 2012
An interesting book, and a timely one. Facebook and Philosophy presents several articles relating philosophical topics, such as identity, the self, reality vs virtuality, with the pinnacle of social networking sites: Facebook. Ethical and political consequences of Facebook use are also tackled, making this collective work a recommended reading.
In comparison with other books from the same collection, Facebook and Philosophy has a lesser philosophical depthness, but this makes it more suitable for the lay reader
In comparison with other books from the same collection, Facebook and Philosophy has a lesser philosophical depthness, but this makes it more suitable for the lay reader
December 4, 2010
Really enlightening. I think this book applies to most of social media. I especially enjoyed the break up letter to Facebook.
May 19, 2017
I almost gave it a 2: "it was ok" because two or three of the essays were pretty good. The good ones discussed issues like the nature of varieties of friendships and whether friendship is a necessary part of the good life, personal authenticity and how we represent ourselves in different contexts, and the extent to which "the medium is the message," as Marshall McLuhan used to say. There is even a bit about Situationist International and Debord's Society of the Spectacle, and something about those ideas in relation to facebook, which might provoke some interesting ideas.
April 13, 2011
This is an anthology of essays about facebook utilizing a variety of philosophical perspectives. I have a passing familiarity with most of the philosophers the writers refer to, but I don't consider myself an expert. I found the essays mainly readable and interesting.
February 19, 2013
HIGHLY RATED
September 11, 2019
مقالات متنوعة ذات رابط واحد في أثار سلوكيات الفيسبوك وعلاقتها بالفلسفة لواحد وثلاثون كاتب وكاتبة
متخصصين في الفلسفة والاتصالات والخطابة وغير ذلك من التخصصات المتعلقة بموضوع الكتاب.
الكتاب يبين بطريقة فلسفية مدى علاقة الفيس بوك بفلسفة فكر واقعية الإنسان، ومدى اتجاهات هذا العالم الازرق وما يحويه من قواعد وقوانين من نشر وتعليقات وإعجابات وصور وصداقات...الخ
الكتاب متشعب قليلا ، ومقالاته تحتاح لقدر بسيط من الفلسفة لدى القارئ ، مع التفكير والنقاش اثناء القراءة.
مقالات لا بأس بها وبعضها متميز تختلف بختلاف الكاتب والموضوع وأهميته للقارئ.
متخصصين في الفلسفة والاتصالات والخطابة وغير ذلك من التخصصات المتعلقة بموضوع الكتاب.
الكتاب يبين بطريقة فلسفية مدى علاقة الفيس بوك بفلسفة فكر واقعية الإنسان، ومدى اتجاهات هذا العالم الازرق وما يحويه من قواعد وقوانين من نشر وتعليقات وإعجابات وصور وصداقات...الخ
الكتاب متشعب قليلا ، ومقالاته تحتاح لقدر بسيط من الفلسفة لدى القارئ ، مع التفكير والنقاش اثناء القراءة.
مقالات لا بأس بها وبعضها متميز تختلف بختلاف الكاتب والموضوع وأهميته للقارئ.
October 24, 2023
ممل
يحتوي على مقالات من عدة كتاب مابين تقنيين ومبرمجين ومختصين في النفس والفلسفة من عدة دول غربية يتحدثون عن تاثير الفيسبوك في الحياة الشخصية والاجتماعية وتاثيرة على الحالة العامة على المجتمع وتاثيره على طرق واساليب وثقافات التواصل بين الافراد وتاثيره على نواحي الخصوصية والثقافة العامة وتشكيل الاراء وقيادتها وتوجييها
اما ان اسلوب المقالات ممل .. والترجمة مملة والكتاب صدر في 2010 في نسخته الاصلية وغالب المحتوى اصبح ذائع ومعروف
يحتوي على مقالات من عدة كتاب مابين تقنيين ومبرمجين ومختصين في النفس والفلسفة من عدة دول غربية يتحدثون عن تاثير الفيسبوك في الحياة الشخصية والاجتماعية وتاثيرة على الحالة العامة على المجتمع وتاثيره على طرق واساليب وثقافات التواصل بين الافراد وتاثيره على نواحي الخصوصية والثقافة العامة وتشكيل الاراء وقيادتها وتوجييها
اما ان اسلوب المقالات ممل .. والترجمة مملة والكتاب صدر في 2010 في نسخته الاصلية وغالب المحتوى اصبح ذائع ومعروف
المركز-القومي-للترجمة
July 16, 2019مقالات متنوعة لكتاب بالهبل عن الفيسبوك .. العنوان كان مغري والكتاب طلع يستحق .. هو بس متأخر زمنيا حبة بيتكلم عن الفيسبوك في عصور ما قبل ال 2011 .. فيه حاجات كتير حصلت وخلصت وحصلت ومكملة .. بس كتير من الافكار المطروحة لسه ساري وليها وجاهة
March 15, 2021
Well, it didn't answer my particular questions about facebook's own attitude. I was quite curious why a set of people is always shuffled & displayed as they're gonna miss you while deactivating :/
Many writers, so the writing quality fluctuated. The chapters, in the beginning, disappointed me, written like school essays or college assignments. But chapters through the middle to the end are very well written, And the series itself is interesting. 107 topics they have covered through 107 volumes are really intriguing.
It was fine—a collection of 23 essays loosely related to philosophy and Facebook. The scope of writers was quite broad, and so was their quality and my interest in them. While it was nice to read a wide and varied survey of views and topics, it would have been nice to see some thematic development by a single author. The essay length prevented a deep, philosophical investigation of any one subject. Still, it was worth the time.
Many writers, so the writing quality fluctuated. The chapters, in the beginning, disappointed me, written like school essays or college assignments. But chapters through the middle to the end are very well written, And the series itself is interesting. 107 topics they have covered through 107 volumes are really intriguing.
It was fine—a collection of 23 essays loosely related to philosophy and Facebook. The scope of writers was quite broad, and so was their quality and my interest in them. While it was nice to read a wide and varied survey of views and topics, it would have been nice to see some thematic development by a single author. The essay length prevented a deep, philosophical investigation of any one subject. Still, it was worth the time.
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