The author of the monograph The Splendor and Misery of Technocapitalism, Zdenka Kristan, is a philosopher, translator, and publicist who has dedicated herself for several decades to in-depth research in various fields of the humanities and social sciences and to preserving the critical tradition in philosophy, critical theory, and contemporary philosophical movements. The author's contribution to the formation of critical thought has become increasingly insightful over the years, as can be seen from her new monograph, and due to its extraordinary topicality, it has also become almost indispensable.
The new monograph also focuses on research and critical evaluation of contemporary society and our everyday lives within it.The author tackles the big questions of theory and current social development from different but related perspectives, and at times with a certain amount of irony, which further emphasizes the fundamental problems and dilemmas and highlights precisely what should be subjected to criticism and attempts should be made to change or eliminate them as soon as possible. Within this broader framework, the monograph The Splendor and Misery of Technocapitalism focuses on critically illuminating social contradictions in the era of capitalism of our time and highlights the dominance of neoliberalism in almost all segments of contemporary society and the economic production with which it is connected.
The work brings a lot of freshness and an important contribution to reflection, criticism and possible influence on the basic determinants and current circumstances of social and individual pathologies, as well as life in modern society in general, and is at the same time an exemplary example of the inclusion of modern philosophical directions in the analysis, explanation and democratization of our everyday lives. This is especially important in an era in which caring for the lives of individuals and populations is something that should not be only in the domain (and dominance) of economic policy. Philosophy and the humanities must ask questions, open dilemmas and strive for changes that will enable future generations to live beyond the “technophilic, post-biological paradise” that appeals to us in our everyday lives. (Prof. Dr. Eva D. Bahovec)
Softcover, 22.0 x 15.0 cm, 294 pages.
