Mag. phil. Thomas Sommerer, MA PhD
Media and Philosophy
In times of pervasive digitalization and rationalization, a critical philosophical embedding of these processes has become unavoidable.
About me
Hi, I'm Tom, and I'm a researcher in Media and Philosophy.
Philosophical perspectives from Foucault and Baudrillard to Adorno and Horkheimer can help to better understand the processes of all encomassing digitization and it’s consequences.
RESEARCH
01.
Hyperreality
Baudrillard’s theory of simulation can help us to understand the paradoxes in the digital world.
02.
Power
Authors such as Sushanna Shuboff or Michael Foucault can help us to understand who benefits from the processes of the digital world.
03.
Critical EdTech
Digital tools are often blindly adopted in lessons and school settings. Cricital EdTech looks at the critical background to these processes.
04.
News
News is an ideal-typical example of a simulated reality, which in turn has an effect on real life as it is perceived.
05.
Learning theory
Classical learning theories, such as those of Pierre Piaget, can be instructive in understanding digital learning processes.
06.
Music history
Classical learning theories, such as those of Pierre Piaget, can be instructive in understanding digital learning processes.
07.
Resonance
Resonance is a concept developed by Hartmut Rosa that has the potential to contrast digital worlds.
08.
Communication
Digital communication has the potential to both connect us and alienate us from each other.
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The most tragic form of loss isn’t the loss of security; it’s the loss of the capacity to imagine that things could be different.
Ernst Bloch (1954): The principle of hope.
