Routledge Psychotechnical Becomings: Psychoanalysis and AI - Routledge

Psychotechnical Becomings explores the intersection of psychoanalytic theory, digital identity, and artificial intelligence in contemporary life. Published by Routledge, this scholarly work examines how desire, mourning, and psychological transformation unfold within networked digital environments where human consciousness increasingly intertwines with technological systems. The book addresses fundamental questions about subjectivity and selfhood when mediation through digital platforms becomes constitutive of experience itself. Drawing on psychoanalytic frameworks, the author investigates identity formation, affective life, and loss in an age where AI systems shape social interaction, communication, and the construction of meaning. This theoretical exploration bridges classical psychoanalytic concepts with urgent contemporary concerns about technology's role in shaping desire and psychological experience. Essential reading for scholars of psychoanalysis, digital culture, media studies, and philosophy, the book contributes to critical debates about human agency, technological mediation, and the future of subjectivity. Suitable for advanced students, researchers, and practitioners interested in how psychoanalytic thinking illuminates digital transformation and artificial intelligence.