Unplug Your Life: Digital Detox Through a Kierkegaardian Lens
Our engagement with social media, smart and mobile technologies is ambiguous and raises existential questions about the naturalness and desirability of hyper-connectivity. On the one hand, we benefit from using these technologies in organizing and socializing our everyday life. On the other hand, th...
| Subtitles: | Section 3: Kierkegaardian Resources for Current Debates and Challenges |
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| Authors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
[2019]
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| In: |
Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
Year: 2019, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 415-436 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history NCB Personal ethics TK Recent history ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
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| Summary: | Our engagement with social media, smart and mobile technologies is ambiguous and raises existential questions about the naturalness and desirability of hyper-connectivity. On the one hand, we benefit from using these technologies in organizing and socializing our everyday life. On the other hand, they further complicate our lives. Hence, in recent years, more and more people choose to abstain from digital media by taking on a so-called digital detox,' a period of living without these technologies. In this article, we look at digital detoxing' from an existential perspective by introducing Kierkegaard's existential categories of repetition and recollection to tackle the question whether dropping out' is a meaningful act or a temporary respite. What would it mean, so we ask, to find a proper balance in a world that demands constant connectivity? |
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| ISSN: | 1612-9792 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Kierkegaard studies. Yearbook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/kierke-2019-0017 |