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Humans and Technologies: Assemblage Modes
 
PIIS023620070018010-8-1
DOI10.31857/S023620070018010-8
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Sergey V. Sokolovskiy 
Occupation: Chief Researcher
Affiliation: Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameChelovek
EditionVolume 32 Issue №6
Pages86-101
Abstract

The article deals with the field of techno-somatic interaction modes and ongoing human biology transformations beyond the conventional biotechnological manipulations. There are three broad trends in dealing with the interface of the human body and technology: 1) "technicalization" of the body; 2) "somatization" of technical appliances and infrastructures in viewing them as  "external organs"; 3) synthetic view on "humanity cum technical milieu" as a fundamental unit in human evolution, the unique way of being human. These trends are illustrated by the relevant positions of such philosophers of technology and body as Ernst Kapp, Alfred Espinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Bernard Stiegler, as well asof sociologists and anthropologists (Marcel Mauss, André Leroi-Gourhan). It is argued that the intrinsic technicity of humans is corroborated by the current evidence of the human body and technology continuing co-evolution that necessitates ethical expertise of all technical innovations as essentially "bio-technological".

Keywordshuman body, body techniques, technics, biotechnology, Ernst Kapp, Marcel Mauss, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, André Leroi-Gourhan, Bernard Stiegler
AcknowledgmentThe article was prepared in the framework of a research grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (grant ID: 075-15-2020-910).
Received27.12.2021
Publication date27.12.2021
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