Uncoding the Digital : Technology, Subjectivity and Action in the Control Society

D. Savat

ISBN 10: 0230278159 / ISBN 13: 9780230278158

Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2012

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Digital media are having an enormous impact on the world. From the seemingly mundane, like playing World of Warcraft, to posting a message on Twitter or Facebook, to the operation of financial markets, to transformations in science and the economy - digital media continue to revolutionize how people live their daily life. This book challenges how we understand our relationship with our digital machines, and shows how they open up a new capacity for action in the world. A capacity for action that we should no longer simply think of in terms of movement and force, but also in terms of flow and viscosity. A capacity for action that produces a politics of fluids, and finds its expression not only in new forms of social control, but also in a renewed ability for people to engage with the world and each other.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncoding the Digital : Technology, Subjectivity and Action in the Control Society
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230278159
• ISBN 13: 9780230278158
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 231W x 155H x 18D millimeters 231 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 204 grams

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Synopsis

Digital media are having an enormous impact on the world. From the seemingly mundane, like playing World of Warcraft, to posting a message on Twitter or Facebook, to the operation of financial markets, to transformations in science and the economy - digital media continue to revolutionize how people live their daily life. This book challenges how we understand our relationship with our digital machines, and shows how they open up a new capacity for action in the world. A capacity for action that we should no longer simply think of in terms of movement and force, but also in terms of flow and viscosity. A capacity for action that produces a politics of fluids, and finds its expression not only in new forms of social control, but also in a renewed ability for people to engage with the world and each other.

About the Author

DAVID SAVAT is a lecturer in Communication Studies at the University of Western Australia. He is executive editor of the journal Deleuze Studies, and co-editor with Mark Poster of the collectionDeleuze and New Technology (2009).