Vom Wahn- und Wahrsprechen des technologisch Unbewussten

Article in Journal With Citation Index (Peer Reviewed)

Author

Clemens Apprich

Publisher, Date

Open Library of Humanities, 2018

Keywords

submedial space, media theory, Digitale Medien, psychoanalysis, paranoiac knowledge, Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, technological unconscious

ISBN/ISSN/ISMN, DOI

ISBN/ISSN/ISMN:
2515-2076
DOI:
10.16995/lefou.42

Abstract

In Modes of Existence, Bruno Latour criticizes psychology for having drawn an untenable line between the inside and the outside, between the soul and the world. However, psychoanalysis is not concerned with describing the psyche as a purely internal phenomenon, but rather with adopting a fundamentally relational point of view that makes not only relations between people, but also their relationship to the technical world describable and therefore discussable. By taking into account Freud's idea of a psychic apparatus, this article depicts, from a theoretical perspective, the "technological unconscious" as a source of truth-telling in order to unveil current developments in digital cultures. It is precisely here that psychoanalysis, or a psychoanalytically inspired media theory, has a lot to offer: beyond Latour's "ontological pluralism," it takes up the question posed by Michel Foucault about the indissoluble linkage of the human subject to language and thus positions itself as a "counter science" to any anthropology.

Volume/Issue, Pages

4 (1)

Language, Format, Material, Edition

German

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Published By: Clemens Apprich | Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien | Publication Date: 06 July 2022, 09:39 | Edit Date: 24 November 2022, 09:33