Bertrand Gille (historian)
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| - | '''''Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of [[Epimetheus (mythology)|Epimetheus]]''''' (La technique et le temps, 1: La faute d'Épiméthée) is a book by the French [[philosophy|philosopher]] [[Bernard Stiegler]], first published by Galilée in 1994. | ||
| - | The English translation, by George Collins and Richard Beardsworth, was published by [[Stanford University Press]] in 1998. The ''Technics and Time'' series is the fullest systematic statement by Stiegler of his philosophy, and the first volume draws on the work of [[Martin Heidegger]], [[André Leroi-Gourhan]], [[Gilbert Simondon]], [[Bertrand Gille (historian)|Bertrand Gille]], [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]], and [[Jean-Pierre Vernant]] in order to outline and develop Stiegler's major philosophical theses. The series currently consists of three books. | + | '''Bertrand Gille''' (March 29, 1920, [[Paris]] – November 30, 1980) was a [[France|French]] archivist and [[history of technology|historian of technology]]. |
| - | ==Overview== | + | Although best known for his work on technology, Gille also wrote on diverse subjects including the history of French banking and Russian economics. After teaching at the university of [[Clermont-Ferrand]], he became a director of studies at the [[École pratique des hautes études]], as well as giving a course on the history of technology at the [[University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne]]. |
| - | Stiegler argues that "technics" forms the horizon of human existence. This fact has been suppressed throughout the history of philosophy, which has never ceased to operate on the basis of a distinction between ''[[episteme]]'' and ''[[techne|tekhne]]''. The thesis of the book is that the genesis of technics corresponds not only to the genesis of what is called "human" but of temporality as such, and that this is the clue toward understanding the future of the dynamic process in which the human and the technical consists. | + | |
| - | *'''Part I''' conducts a reading of approaches to the history of technology and the origin of hominisation, in particular by [[André Leroi-Gourhan]], [[Gilbert Simondon]], and [[Bertrand Gille (historian)|Bertrand Gille]]. The outcome of this reading is the thought that history cannot be thought according to the idea that humanity is the "subject" of this history and technology simply the object. When it comes to the relation between the human and the technical, the "who" and the "what" are in an undecidable relation. | ||
| - | *'''Part II''' is largely a reading of the work of [[Martin Heidegger]] in terms of the above consideration. Stiegler argues that Heidegger's philosophy fails adequately to grasp that, if there is such a thing as authentic temporality, the only access to it can be via objects, artefacts and, in general, technics, without which access to the past and future is impossible as such. Crucial to Stiegler's formulation of his understanding of humanity, technology, and time, is his reading of the myth of [[Prometheus]]. | ||
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| - | ==Succeeding volumes== | ||
| - | Stiegler has thus far published three volumes in the ''Technics and Time'' series. ''The Fault of Epimetheus'' was followed by ''Tome 2: La désorientation'' (1996) and ''Tome 3: Le temps du cinéma et la question du mal-être'' (2001). Volume Two was published in translation by Stanford University Press in 2008 with the subtitle, ''Disorientation'', with Volume Three appearing in 2010 with the subtitle, ''Cinematic Time and the Question of Malaise'' (both volumes translated by Stephen Barker). Stiegler has at times mentioned his intention to publish further volumes in this series, but these are yet to appear. | ||
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Bertrand Gille (March 29, 1920, Paris – November 30, 1980) was a French archivist and historian of technology.
Although best known for his work on technology, Gille also wrote on diverse subjects including the history of French banking and Russian economics. After teaching at the university of Clermont-Ferrand, he became a director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études, as well as giving a course on the history of technology at the University of Paris I: Panthéon-Sorbonne.
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