Open AccessContra a crítica abstrata. Tréplica a Francisco Rüdiger
Author(s) -
André Lemos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
matrizes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1982-8160
pISSN - 1982-2073
DOI - 10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v10i1p67-90
Subject(s) - essentialism , counterpoint , argument (complex analysis) , performative utterance , contradiction , epistemology , philosophy , interpretation (philosophy) , sociology , humanities , linguistics , medicine , pedagogy
The text is a rejoinder to Francisco Rüdiger’s critique of the paper “A crítica da crítica essencialista da cibercultura” (Lemos, 2015). It reaffirms the central argument that the problem of technology critique is an essentialist view of the technique, and discusses the 3 issues indicated in the reply: 1. lack of academic references, 2. performative contradiction, and 3. uncritical endorsement. The work reveals the fragility of Rüdiger’s paper in not naming the interpretation errors of the main works used and in not being able to seriously analyze Latour’s (2012) theoretical proposal, presented with a counterpoint to the essentialist view of technology. The text refuses the listed issues and affirms the abstract aspect of the reply