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The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (Forerunners: Ideas First)
David Golumbia
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Description for The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (Forerunners: Ideas First)
Paperback. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: UBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 177 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. The Politics of Bitcoin exposes how much of the economic and political thought on which this cryptocurrency is based emerges from ideas that travel the gamut, from Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises to Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists.Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.
Product Details
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
113g
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9781517901806
SKU
V9781517901806
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About David Golumbia
David Golumbia teaches in the English department and the Media, Art, and Text PhD program at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Reviews for The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism (Forerunners: Ideas First)
Golumbia, in his small but important way, is helping wake us to the falsity of our perceived neutrality.
One Flew East This book is a very readable and valuable monograph which combines sound historical research with insightful analysis. All concerned citizens should read this book, which is an essential resource for understanding the true stakes of current technological hyperbole.
Newsclick Golumbia a le m rite de s'attaquer des id es qui ne sont pas suffisamment remises en question dans les communaut s de la cryptomonnaie et des technologies de cha nes concert es. J'en recommande fortement la lecture quiconque s'interroge sur les impacts de ces technologies sur nos soci t s.
D'un bloc l'autre
One Flew East This book is a very readable and valuable monograph which combines sound historical research with insightful analysis. All concerned citizens should read this book, which is an essential resource for understanding the true stakes of current technological hyperbole.
Newsclick Golumbia a le m rite de s'attaquer des id es qui ne sont pas suffisamment remises en question dans les communaut s de la cryptomonnaie et des technologies de cha nes concert es. J'en recommande fortement la lecture quiconque s'interroge sur les impacts de ces technologies sur nos soci t s.
D'un bloc l'autre