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The Cultural Logic of Computation
David Golumbia
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Description for The Cultural Logic of Computation
Hardback. Argues that computers are cultural 'all the way down' - that there is no part of the apparent technological transformation that is not shaped by historical and cultural processes, or that escapes existing cultural politics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PDR; UBJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Advocates of computers make sweeping claims for their inherently transformative power: new and different from previous technologies, they are sure to resolve many of our existing social problems, and perhaps even to cause a positive political revolution. In The Cultural Logic of Computation, David Golumbia, who worked as a software designer for more than ten years, confronts this orthodoxy, arguing instead that computers are cultural all the way down -that there is no part of the apparent technological transformation that is not shaped by historical and cultural processes, or that escapes existing cultural politics. From ... Read more
Advocates of computers make sweeping claims for their inherently transformative power: new and different from previous technologies, they are sure to resolve many of our existing social problems, and perhaps even to cause a positive political revolution. In The Cultural Logic of Computation, David Golumbia, who worked as a software designer for more than ten years, confronts this orthodoxy, arguing instead that computers are cultural all the way down -that there is no part of the apparent technological transformation that is not shaped by historical and cultural processes, or that escapes existing cultural politics. From ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
582g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674032927
SKU
V9780674032927
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About David Golumbia
David Golumbia is Assistant Professor of English, Media Studies, and Linguistics at the University of Virginia.
Reviews for The Cultural Logic of Computation
Golumbia is no Luddite; he readily admits that computers have brought a wide range of benefits to society. His chief purpose, though, is to demonstrate that these benefits come at the cost of accepting the technophilic ideology, and changing how we perceive our own essence as human beings.
Rob Horning popmatters.com 20090724 A work to be read as rawly ... Read more
Rob Horning popmatters.com 20090724 A work to be read as rawly ... Read more