Describing and documenting the actual effects of computer networks on people's experience in the workplace, marketplace, and community, the book argues that the conditions of surveillance and corporate control far outweigh those of information access as key elements in the social and political presence of network computing. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; UT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3887. . . 2000. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0774807962
ISBN 13: 9780774807968
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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In Prometheus Wired, Darin Barney debunks claims that a networked society will provide the infrastructure for a political revolution and shows that the resources we need for understanding and making sound judgments about this new technology are surprisingly close at hand. By looking to thinkers who grappled with the relationship of society and technology, such as Plato, Aristotle, Marx, and Heidegger, Barney critically examines such assertions about the character of digital networks.

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Darin Barney is an assistant professor in the Department of History and Politics, University of New Brunswick, Saint John.

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