{"product_id":"prompt-thinking-a-critique-of-generative-reason-paperback-softback-9781509573899","title":"Prompt Thinking; A Critique of Generative Reason (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509573899","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePrompt Thinking\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critique of Generative Reason\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJianwei Xun (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509573899, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 20 February 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e162 pages\u003cbr\u003e18.8 x 12.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.159 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"What if prompt thinking were more than a command? What if it became the canvas? In \u003ci\u003ePrompt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e, Jianwei Xun turns dialoguing with AI into a creative lab where philosophy, art, and technology cross-pollinate. Neither utopian nor dystopian, the book shows how prompting opens new forms of expression from co-authored narratives to emergent voices while keeping human autonomy at the core. Thinking becomes making. Language becomes performance.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDerrick de Kerckhove, Director of \u003ci\u003eMediaDuemila\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOsservatorio TuttiMedia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrompt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e explores how artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming the nature of thought. In the age of generative AI, prompting becomes more than a technical instruction: it emerges as a philosophical practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book arises from an experiment with AI in which the fictional philosopher Jianwei Xun sparked global debate by publishing a book about power and perception in the digital age. That book, \u003ci\u003eHypnocracy: Trump, Musk, and the New Architecture of Reality\u003c\/i\u003e, was written with the assistance of AI. Rather than casting AI as either savior or threat, \u003ci\u003ePrompt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a third way: conscious dialogue with artificial intelligence as a means to expand critical awareness. The book shows how critical philosophical engagement with AI can produce unexpected insights while preserving intellectual autonomy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart theoretical framework, part methodological provocation, \u003ci\u003ePrompt Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e offers tools for navigating cognitive transformation. It proposes an ethics of the threshold, neither rejecting technological change nor surrendering to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor's Note\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I: Thinking with Machines\u003cbr\u003e1: Fragments on Machines\u003cbr\u003e2: Inhabiting the Threshold: From the Hypnocracy Experiment to Generative Reason\u003cbr\u003e3: Foundations of Prompt Thinking\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart II: Voices of Generative Intelligence\u003cbr\u003e4: ChatGPT, the Dying Animal\u003cbr\u003e5: DeepSeek and Karl Marx\u003cbr\u003e6: Claude, Inhabiting the Generative Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Ethics of the Threshold\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52460684837144,"sku":"9781509573899","price":10.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509573899.jpg?v=1785458180","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/prompt-thinking-a-critique-of-generative-reason-paperback-softback-9781509573899","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}