Book Symposium on The Philosophy of Simondon: Between Technology and Individuation

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Although the term “revival” is perhaps an overstatement, there is certainly a current renewed interest in one of the early French philosophers of technology, Gilbert Simondon. Simondon (1924–1989) is one of those philosophers who almost silently disappeared in history because his writings were not accessible to an international audience. Until recently, his most important works were available in French only. Not only were his own works not translated, but also no books were written about him. This, too, is changing now. The book that will be discussed in this book symposium is an example of that. In 2003, Pascal Chabot's La Philosophie de Simondon was Philos. Technol. DOI 10.1007/s13347-013-0144-5