Towards a Conception of Sociotechnical Pathology
Sahlgren, Otto (2021)
Sahlgren, Otto
Teoksen toimittaja(t)
Koskinen, Jani
Rantanen, Minna M.
Tuikka, Anne-Marie
Knaapi-Junnila, Sari
CEUR
2021
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202201241558
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202201241558
Kuvaus
Peer reviewed
Tiivistelmä
The concept of social pathology has long belonged to the toolkit of social scientists, and several critical social philosophers have found it indispensable for linking social ontology to social criticism. While different conceptions of social pathology, as well as their applicability as diagnostic tools for social wrongs, have been debated, a common area of neglect becomes apparent when we consider pathological states of social wholes, such as societies, as not only socially but technically constituted. As a first step towards filling this gap, this paper introduces the concept of sociotechnical pathology. Drawing on existing work on social pathology, it discusses four different general conceptions of sociotechnical pathology as a diagnostic tool for analyzing socially and technically constituted social wrongs. The paper contributes to philosophical inquiry at the cross-section of critical social philosophy and philosophy of technology by paving way for substantive conceptions of sociotechnical pathology.
Kokoelmat
- TUNICRIS-julkaisut [17001]