另类生活实践:数字极简主义的消极自由与积极建构  

Alternative Lifestyle Practices:Negative Freedom and Positive Construction in Digital Minimalism

作　　者：王敏芝[1] WANG Minzhi

机构地区：[1]陕西师范大学新闻与传播学院

出　　处：《暨南学报（哲学社会科学版）》2024年第10期166-180,共15页Jinan Journal(Philosophy and Social Sciences)

基　　金：国家社会科学基金一般项目“‘数字弱势群体’社会融入的媒介支持研究”(22BXW044)。

摘　　要：“数字极简主义”是近几年备受关注的数字生活方式,在理论和实践层面同时引发广泛社会讨论。数字极简主义强调数字技术应用的适度与合理,注重对个体精神世界的保护,采用数字断舍离、主动制定技术规则等多种方式抵抗数字生活中的精神重负。数字极简主义以生活实践为方法,保障和实现的是个体的消极自由,并强调应对数字时代生活领域内的新型权利予以肯认;数字极简主义更是一种价值探究,体现了人们对何为良善数字生活的伦理反思。Digital minimalism has garnered significant attention in recent years as a digital lifestyle that has sparked broad social discussion at both theoretical and practical levels.The emergence of digital minimalism as a lifestyle practice is rooted in a tangible contemporary reality:digital technologies are profoundly transforming the world,including the mental world of individuals.While these technologies bring convenience and efficiency to daily life,they impose substantial psychological burdens and stress.In response to the psychological distress caused by a technology-driven society,theorists across various disciplines have engaged in social critique,offering theoretical perspectives that resonate with the practice of digital minimalism.Reflections from the acceleration theory,the theory of the burnout society,the philosophy of technology,and affective sociology reveal that the existential conditions in a digital society,along with the mental states of individuals,necessitate a path to liberation,with digital minimalism representing one such pathway.Digital minimalism advocates for the moderate and reasonable use of digital technologies,focusing on the protection of individuals mental well-being.Digital minimalists seek to alleviate the psychological strain of digital life by employing strategies such as digital decluttering and the proactive establishment of personal technology boundaries.As a method of lifestyle practice,digital minimalism safeguards and actualizes individuals negative freedom while recognizing new rights in the digital age.Moreover,digital minimalism represents a deeper inquiry into values,reflecting an ethical and spiritual engagement with the pursuit of a virtuous digital life.Practitioners of digital minimalism view it as a more advanced and profound form of media literacy,reflecting people s deep understanding of how the social application of media technology affects individuals inner world,and demonstrating a heightened awareness of their negative freedom-freedom from the harms of technol

关 键 词：数字极简主义 技术社会 消极自由 生活实践 

分 类 号：G206[文化科学—传播学]