Description
When smartphones risk damaging traditional ways of creating meaning in our lives, philosophy shows us how it is still possible to establish meaningful connections with each other and ourselves.
About the Author
Tiger C. Roholt is Associate Professor and Chair of the Philosophy Department at Montclair State University, USA. He is the author of Groove: A Phenomenology of Rhythmic Nuance (2014) and Key Terms in Philosophy of Art (2013).
Reviews
This is no neo-Luddite broadside against smartphones but a clear and careful philosophical exploration of what makes life meaningful and how smartphones use can either serve or undermine such meaning. Taking aim at the heart of our present age, Roholt's book is consistently insightful and provocative. * Iain Thomson, Professor of Philosophy, University of New Mexico, USA *
Tiger Roholt's Distracted from Meaning is an invaluable account of how the smartphone revolution impedes our pursuit of a meaningful life. Exploring overlooked ways that smartphones replace genuine experiences with unfocused fragmentation, Roholt details how they routinely and cumulatively undercut their purpose as a device for social engagement. * Theodore Gracyk, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA *
Tiger Roholt explores how one of the most pervasive devices of the contemporary world-our smartphones-can distract us from the things that matter most. Distracted From Meaning is a useful guide for reorienting ourselves with regard to our devices, and reclaiming what is most meaningful in our lives. * Robert Rosenberger, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, and President-Elect of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, USA *
[T]he author follows a phenomenological and descriptive goal, and for that reason this is a perfect book to better understand the theoretical shapes and forms of smartphones and of our relation with them ...[T]his is a brilliant book of philosophy of smartphones, as in on or about smartphones, ...It is a useful descriptive essay, not an instruction manual. * Teaching Philosophy *
Book Information
ISBN 9781350172654
Author Assistant Professor Tiger C. Roholt
Format Paperback
Page Count 248
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC