Digitalization and the Spirit of Humanities

Author: Bao Zonghao
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2003-06-01
Features: This book provides a humanities perspective on the historical process and future prospects of digitalization, highlighting the transformative role of digital humanities and digital spatiotemporal concepts in reshaping traditional social values, worldviews, epistemology, and the very essence of humanistic spirit. Digital technology has altered the original modes of survival and development of the world and humanity, as well as the cognitive frameworks humans use to understand the world. Although this transformation has just begun, its effects—such as joy, excitement, and unease—are first reflected directly in the realm of humanistic spirit. As ripples and a cascading effect of the expansion of humanistic spirit, it gradually spreads to fields such as natural sciences, technological applications, and social applications. This book directly inherits the organizational structure and thematic focus of The Internet and Contemporary Social Changes, deepening its content, concentrating its thematic research, and enhancing empirical studies. It represents a closer integration of digitalization and theoretical exploration with real-world applications, bridging the gap between abstract speculation and lived practice in the study of digitalization and humanistic spirit. It fosters mutual communication and learning among different humanities and social science disciplines on the theme of "digitalization and humanistic spirit," further delving into numerous propositions such as "digitalization and social development," "digitalization and language," "digitalization and social control," "digitalization and the self," "digitalization and freedom," and "digitalization and self-discipline."