Kessler, Asher (2024) Longtermism, Big Tech, and the rebalancing of historical time: a Benjaminian critique. International Journal of Communication, 18. 5363 - 5381. ISSN 1932-8036
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Abstract
Longtermist ideas and language have become an important ideological source for elite figures in Big Tech today. This article critiques longtermism, arguing that it constructs an increasingly influential temporal plane that rebalances our grasp of historical time. Building on historical theory, this article argues that longtermism’s historical time is distinct from that of “modern” progress as well as presentism. To not only critique but to resist this historical time, this article draws on Walter Benjamin’s philosophy of history and methodology of actualization, arguing for the development and use of methods of resistance that pierce and disturb the historical continuum emanating from longtermism.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jan 2025 09:00 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2025 09:00 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/127018 |
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