Readings in Philosophy of Technology
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The aim of the Simondon Reading Group is to obtain a basic understanding of two principle areas of Simondon's thought: individuation and the modes of existence of technical objects by reading excerpts of Simondon texts (in English translation) and related articles. Proposed schedule:
- Week 1: Interview with Simondon on Mechanology, Brian Massumi on Gilbert Simondon "Technical Mentality" Revisited
- Week 2: Overview and background of individuation: Iliadis, Andrew, (blog post) A New Individuation: Deleuze’s Simondon Connection, paper A new individuation: Deleuze's Simondon Connection
- Week 3: Beginning on the technical objects: On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects, Part 1
- Week 4: Combes, Muriel, Gilbert Simondon and the Philosophy of the Transindividual, Ch 2 The Transindividual Relation, pp 25-50.
- Week 5: On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects, Part 2
- Week 6: Deleuze, Gilles, Review of Gilbert Simondon's L'individu et sa genese physico-biologique (1966)
- Week 7: On the Mode of Existence of Technical Objects, Part 3
- Week 8: The Genesis of the Individual (in Incorporations ed J Crary 1992)
Bibliography - Simondon's Principle Works
- Du mode d'existence des objets techniques (Méot, 1958; second ed. Paris: Aubier, 1989).
- L'individu et sa genèse physico-biologique (l'individuation à la lumière des notions de forme et d'information) (Paris: PUF, 1964; second ed. J.Millon, coll. Krisis, 1995).
- L'individuation psychique et collective (Paris, Aubier, 1989; reprinted in 2007 with a preface by Bernard Stiegler).
Simondon Texts - Online Translations
Articles and other Resources
- Audio Proceedings of Simondon and Digital Culture, 21-22 November, 2013, Lüneburg, Germany
- Iliadis, Andrew, (blog post) A New Individuation: Deleuze’s Simondon Connection, paper A new individuation: Deleuze's Simondon Connection
- Read, Jason, Missed Connections: Spinoza and Simondon
- Massumi, Brian on Gilbert Simondon "Technical Mentality" Revisited
- Deleuze, Gilles, Review of Gilbert Simondon's L'individu et sa genese physico-biologique (1966)
- Balibar, Etienne, Spinoza: From Individuality to Transindividuality
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