At the moment, when cyberspace sovereignty and the digital citizenship of those affected by it have solidified, Cybernetics for the 21st Century, Vol. 1: Epistemological Reconstruction, by Yuk Hui, opens up an important shift in the perspective on the fundamental questions of cybernetics and its significance in the contemporary digital society.

– Kyo Kim (Ritsumeikan University), “Asiascape: Digital Asia”

So geht es im Sammelband Cybernetics for the 21st Century um die Gegenwart der Kybernetik. Das Ziel der zwölf Beiträge ist es, eine Kybernetik für dieses Jahrhundert zu entwerfen. Dieses Unterfangen ist gelungen, wie hier vorweggenommen sei, da der Band die Komplexität ihrer Konzeption kartografiert und die Vielfalt ihrer Anwendungsgebiete zur Sprache bringt.

– Arantzazu Saratxaga Arregi (Universität Freiburg), “MEDIENwissenschaft: Rezensionen”

Cybernetics for the 21st Century Vol.1 is dedicated to the epistemological reconstruction of cybernetics, consisting of a series of historical and critical reflections on the subject – which according to Martin Heidegger marked the completion of Western metaphysics. In this anthology, historians, philosophers, sociologists and media studies scholars explore the history of cybernetics from Leibniz to artificial intelligence and machine learning, as well as the development of twentieth-century cybernetics in various geographical regions in the world, from the USA to the Soviet Union, Latin America, France, Poland, China and Japan. The reconstruction shows the various paths of cybernetics and their socio-political implications, which remain unfamiliar to us today. It reveals more than what we thought we knew – and yet we hardly know – and allows us to understand where we are and to reflect on the future of technology, ecology and planetary politics.

With texts by Brunella Antomarini, Slava Gerovitch, Daisuke Harashima, Katherine Hayles, Yuk Hui, Dylan Levi King, Michał Krzykawski, David Maulen de los Reyes, Andrew Pickering, Dorion Sagan and Mathieu Triclot.

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