Analyzes contemporary technological society through the lens of Greek tragedy.
Destiny Domesticated investigates three ways Western civilization has tried to tame fate: the heroic affirmation of fate in the tragic culture of the Greeks, the humble acceptance of divine providence in Christianity, and the abolition of fate in modern technological society. Against this background, Jos de Mul argues that the uncontrollability of technology introduces its own tragic dimension to o...
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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Prologue
1. Destiny Domesticated
2. Chance Living
3. Fatal Politics
4. The (Non-)Reproducibility of the Tragic
5. The Art of Su...
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Jos de Mul is Full Professor in Philosophy of Man and Culture at Erasmus University, The Netherlands.
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