Soul searching : finding space for the soul in the New Digital Age

dc.contributor.authorBrittz, Karli
dc.contributor.emailkarli.brittz@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-29T05:30:47Z
dc.date.available2018-11-29T05:30:47Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractWithin the context of the New Digital Age, is there still space to explore the phenomenon of the soul? The soul is often omitted in the philosophical discourse of technology and its impact on being human, owing to the (mis)conceptualisation of the soul as an outdated, western notion that is no longer applicable or significant in contemporary society and global culture. Throughout this article, I counter this argument by showing that an exploration of the soul in a technologicallydriven society remains significant, since it reveals pivotal aspects of being human in contemporary society that could not have been highlighted otherwise. I maintain that the soul deserves consideration within the New Digital Age, since it allows us to think about being human in relation to technology in a unique manner, uncovering promising ideas as well as critical forewarnings. I also show that the soul is a culturally universal notion that enables a global discussion. By exploring visual culture examples (namely her, artworks by Aleksandra Mir and Wit) that represent various perspectives on the soul within a technological society, I contend that visual culture opens up a space for discussion on the soul in the New Digital Age.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentVisual Artsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.imageandtext.up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBrittz, K. 2018, 'Soul searching: finding space for the soul in the New Digital Age', Image and Text, vol. 31, pp. 1-29.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1020-1497 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/67397
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria, Department of Visual Artsen_ZA
dc.rightsUniversity of Pretoria, Department of Visual Artsen_ZA
dc.subjectTechnologyen_ZA
dc.subjectSoulen_ZA
dc.subjectNew Digital Ageen_ZA
dc.subjectVisual cultureen_ZA
dc.subjectMonismen_ZA
dc.subjectDualismen_ZA
dc.titleSoul searching : finding space for the soul in the New Digital Ageen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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