After Death
After Death by Francois J. Bonnet, published by MIT Press on August 11, 2020, is an 80-page exploration of contemporary society’s relationship with mortality and existence. This book presents a philosophical examination of how technological advancements have altered our perception of death and time, suggesting that we are caught between our finite nature and an overwhelming digital presence that creates a sense of immortality.
Readers will find a critical analysis of the modern condition, where the immediacy of information and hyper-connectivity lead to a disconnection from the realities of life and death. Bonnet discusses the implications of living in a world that prioritizes a constant present, raising questions about our understanding of time and the essence of being. The work delves into themes of philosophy and social aspects, offering insights into how these dynamics shape our experiences and perceptions.
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A disturbing portrait of a society deliriously dreaming itself as eternal, instantaneous, and infinite.
At least for the time being, we humans are still finite and mortal—but death isn’t what it used to be. As the body is technologically extended in space and time, we are split between our finitude and our doubled presence in a limitless web of signs, an “immortal” world of information.
After Death offers a penetrating philosophical diagnosis of our contemporary condition, describing not only an anesthesia, but an amnesia in which the compulsions of a hyper-present colonize both past and future, prevailing over any sense of duration, becoming, or appreciation of the “thickness of the real.”
Are we living in a kind of counterfeit eternity in which we are effectively already dead? Against the anxiety of the constant present, how can we hope to return to the experience of being in time and facing death?
After Death is a disturbing portrait of a society deliriously dreaming itself as eternal, instantaneous, and infinite.
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