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This dissertation reads the works of two contemporary philosophers together in order to
build new and synthetic conversations about nature, technology, artistic expression, and
consciousness. The first philosopher, David Abram, is a pioneer of 'ecophenomenology', which
brings the phenomenological writings of Martin Heidegger and Maurice Merleau-Ponty into
dialogue with contemporary ecological concepts and environmental philosophy. Abram argues
that humans have a fundamental psychological need for sensuous, bodily, and reciprocal
encounters with the natural world (what he terms the 'more-than-human' world).
The second philosopher is Bernard Stiegler, known as a famous philosopher of
technology and former student of Jacques Derrida. Using a very broad definition of technology,
Stiegler came to notoriety for defining humans as 'always, already technological', arguing that
our consciousness has always been shaped by technology. His later work explores how new
technologies limit human spirit while simultaneously creating unprecedented opportunities for
self-expression, artistic expression, and political realities.
By reading these philosophers together, the dissertation argues that despite differences in
academic discipline, genre, language, and cultural context, these thinkers address the same basic
issues about human consciousness which opens possibilities for environmentalists, artists, and
technologists to address global climate chaos, industrial populism, and disruptive technological
innovation. By turning the authors’ concepts back unto philosophy itself, the thesis also speaks to
the ecological and pharmacological dynamics of philosophical encounter.
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David Abram Filosofia Bernard Stiegler