Technologies of Self and Society (FORM 2852)

Education · Boston College

When asked, most of us will admit that we are overly-reliant on technology. Our daily activities and interactions are structured by the devices we use. Yet we often ignore the deep psychological, existential, and ethical implications of this oversaturation. Technology impacts not only how we learn, work, think, and feel, but also how we define responsibility, love, commitment, and political engagement. Technologies of Self and Society is an interdisciplinary exploration of questions at once perennial and pressing: Are our new technologies vastly different from the technological advances tha

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