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Times of the technoculture from the information society to the virtual life

This book explores the debates surrounding technological change, from the politics of education to questions of identity centred around the figure of the cyborg.

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  • "This book explores the debates surrounding technological change, from the politics of education to questions of identity centred around the figure of the cyborg."@en
  • "Times of the Technoculture explores the debates surrounding technological change, from the politics of education to questions of identity centred around the figure of the cyborg. Scrutinising the unfettered optimism of corporate figures such as Bill Gates, Robins and Webster question whether new technologies justify the utopian rhetoric with which they are promoted, and distinguish genuine innovations from technologies which simply reproduce conservative social practices in a new guise. Times of the Technoculture explores the social and cultural impact of new technologies, tracing the origins of the information society from the coming of the machine with the industrial revolution to the development of mass production techniques in the early twentieth century. The authors look at how the military has controlled the development of the information society, and consider the centrality of education in government attempts to create a knowledge society.; Engaging in contemporary debates surrounding the internet, Robins and Webster question whether it can really offer us a new world of virtual communities, and suggest more radical alternatives to the corporate agenda of contemporary technologies."
  • ""In a riveting look at today's computer technology, Robins and Webster ask the disturbing question: Is it cyber-revolution-or information capitalism? They trace the information age from the Industrial Revolution to the silicon chip and the Internet. Examining the politics of cyberspace, they show how the military has controlled the development of new technologies and why education plays a central role in government attempts to create a "knowledge society." With broad coverage of current issues, including information policy, technological innovation, education, the military, surveillance, and propaganda, Times of the Technoculture is a thought-provoking revisionist account of Luddite resistance to new technologies." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0649/99020329-d.html."
  • "Il rapporto tra le rivoluzioni tecnologiche della comunicazione e dell'informazione e le trasformazioni socio-culturali e politiche rappresenta un tema che da sempre affascina il pensiero sociale sui media. Risolvendosi in concettualizzazioni ora deterministiche ora negoziate, il nuovo tecnologico ha dato vita a un vasto dibattito intellettuale, istituzionale, giornalistico, pubblico. Negli ultimi vent'anni, secondo Frank Webster e Kevin Robins, a prevalere, in questo dibattito, sono i toni più entusiastici, che puntualmente risolvono il miglioramento socio-culturale e politico nel perfezionamento tecnologico, annunciando i benefici delle varie rivoluzioni tecnologiche per i processi politici, culturali, sociali. "Nel corso degli ultimi due decenni (...) l'idea di una rivoluzione tecnologica è divenuta normativa - ordinaria e banale - nei nostri tempi tecnoculturali""

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  • "Times of the technoculture : from the information society to the virtual life"
  • "Times of the Technoculture From the Information Society to the Virtual Life"
  • "Times of the technoculture from the information society to the virtual life"
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  • "Times of technoculture : from the information society to the virtual life"
  • "Tecnocultura : dalla società dell'informazione alla vita virtuale"@it
  • "Tecnocultura : dalla società dell'informazione alla vita virtuale"

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