TechnoLogics: Ghosts, the Incalculable, and the Suspension of Animation

TechnoLogics: Ghosts, the Incalculable, and the Suspension of Animation

TechnoLogics Ghosts, the Incalculable, and the Suspension of Animation Gray Kochhar-Lindgren State University of New York Press Published by State University of New York Press, Albany© 2005 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Diane Ganeles Marketing by Susan Petrie Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kochhar-Lindgren, Gray. TechnoLogics : ghosts, the incalculable, and the suspension of animation / Gray Kochhar-Lindgren. p. cm. — (SUNY series in postmodern culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7914–6303–6 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0–7914–6304–4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Technology—Social aspects. I. Title. II. Series. T14.5.K62 2004 303.48'3—dc22 2004042984 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 for Duncan and his generation Do we stand in the very twilight of the most monstrous transformation our planet has ever undergone, the twilight of that epoch in which earth itself hangs suspended? —Heidegger No one is allowed on these premises if he is afraid of machines and if he still believes that literature, and perhaps even thought, ought to exorcise the machine, the two having nothing to do with each other. —Derrida ...