Crisis of the Great Common Narrative and the Inhabitation of the World. Macy's Presents

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This seventh chapter is an opportunity to move the narrative of this book in another direction. After a historical analysis, we switch to a philosophical exploration of the rise of digital management. With the help of several philosophers contemporary to the war and post-war period, the new historicity and eventfulness regime that emerged from the 40s and lasted till the 2000S is analysed. Ricoeur, Koselleck, Simondon and Heidegger, among others, are used to understand the managerial processes at stake in our capitalism. The chapter describes a move from an apocalyptic management in the present (unveiling and revealing what’s there now) to an apocalyptic management (from the late 90s) both predictive and productive of our futures (and continuously revealing what is going on and, bit by bit, what comes next). This has one major consequence: the loss of depth in our experience and a more and more inhabitable world.