Self and Other in the Psychological Study of Technology

Authors

  • Ernst Schraube

Keywords:

experience, first-person perspective, technological mediation of individual existence, intersubjective symmetry, social psychology of technology, subject science epistemology

Abstract

The article explores the significance of the first-person perspective for the conceptual understanding of self and other in the psychological study of technology. Starting with a critical discussion of the deterministic effect thinking and disregard of the subjective disposition of human life in psychology today, it is elucidated how research implied in such an approach falls short to explore the implications of technology in humans’ conducts of life. Thereupon, it is substantiated why a refined conceptual understanding of self and other presupposes the first-person perspective; finally an outline of basic principles of the dialectical study of technology from the standpoint of the subject is presented.

Author Biography

Ernst Schraube

Ernst Schraube ist Associate Professor für Sozialpsychologie der Technik am Institut für Psychologie und Erziehungswissenschaften der Universität Roskilde. Im Zentrum seiner Forschung steht die Analyse der psychologischen und sozialpolitischen Implikationen moderner Technologien im alltäglichen Leben. Er ist Autor von Auf den Spuren der Dinge: Psychologie in einer Welt der Technik (Argument) und Mitherausgeber von Challenges to Theoretical Psychology (Captus University Press). Im akademischen Jahr 1998-99 besuchte er als Gastwissenschaftler das Department of Science and Technology Studies des Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, USA.

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Published

2012-02-22

How to Cite

Schraube, Ernst. 2012. “Self and Other in the Psychological Study of Technology”. Journal für Psychologie 20 (1). https://journal-fuer-psychologie.de/article/view/117.

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 1 (2012): Material Girl_Boy: Intersubjektivität und Technik im alltäglichen Leben von Kindern

Section

Schwerpunkt

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