Year: 2022, 2022
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Zelenskiy, Alexey, Thesis advisor (ths): Penney, James JP, Degree committee member (dgc): Bailey, Steven SB, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam LM, Degree committee member (dgc): Flisfeder, Matthew MF, Degree committee member (dgc): Synenko, Joshua JS, Degree committee member (dgc): Epp, Michael ME, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The goal of this dissertation is to formulate a critique of embodiment through the lens of Lacanian psychoanalysis and in the context of digital media and intelligent technologies. Along with psychoanalysis, our research methodology and philosophy are informed by Badiou's philosophy of the event, Stiegler's philosophy of technics and infrastructuralism in media studies. Our… more Full Text: THE BREACH, DIGITAL DISRUPTION, THE EVENT: PSYCHOANALYTIC AND PHILOSOPHIC CRITIQUE OF EMBODIMENT A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulllment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of …