Description
Digital Detox: The Politics of Disconnecting offers a critical analysis of the growing movement toward technological abstinence and digital minimalism. Trine Syvertsen investigates how disconnecting from digital devices has become both a personal wellness practice and a cultural phenomenon with significant political implications.
The book explores the ideological underpinnings of digital detox culture, examining how it intersects with spirituality, mindfulness, and well-being discourses. Syvertsen analyzes the contradictions within the movement, questioning who has the privilege to disconnect and how digital detox narratives reflect class, gender, and power dynamics in digital society.
Through rigorous sociological examination, this work challenges simplistic narratives about technology’s effects while revealing the deeper cultural values and anxieties embedded in contemporary attitudes toward digital consumption. It provides essential insights into how disconnection practices shape our understanding of technology, spirituality, and modern existence.
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