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Paperback. Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm. But what perspective can the knowledge of humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what of the role of information technology as both servant of the knowledge economy and medium of a new technological cool? Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 135 x 31. Weight in Grams: 774.
Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of Cool, Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers the emergence of new information technologies and their profound influence on the forms and practices of knowledge. Liu first explores the nature of ... Read more
Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of Cool, Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers the emergence of new information technologies and their profound influence on the forms and practices of knowledge. Liu first explores the nature of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226486994
SKU
V9780226486994
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Alan Liu
Alan Liu is professor of English at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of Wordsworth: The Sense of History and the developer of The Voice of the Shuttle (http://vos.ucsb.edu), one of the earliest and most active humanities portals on the Web. His major online initiatives also include Romantic Chronology and Palinurus: The Academy and the Corporation ... Read more
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