Critique of Information (Theory, Culture and Society Series)

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This penet Rating book raises questions about how power operates in contemporary society. It explains how the speed of information flows has eroded the separate space needed for critical reflection. It argues that there is no longer an 'outside' to the global flows of communication and that the critique of information must take place within the information itself. The operative unit of the information society is the idea. With the demise of depth reflection, reflexivity through the idea now operates external to the subject in its circulation through networks of humans and intelligent machines. It is these ideas that make the critique of information possible. This book is a major testament to the prospects of culture, politics and theory in the global information society.

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upc: 9780761952695
title: Critique of Information (Theory, Culture and Society Series)
purchase date: 25-11-2006
publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
published: 03-12-2002
price: $50.95
pages: 256
last lookup time: 187237052.312712
genre: Reference Research Social Theory
fullTitle: Critique of Information (Theory, Culture and Society Series)
currentValue: $24.92
created: 186203184
country: us
author: Scott M Lash
aspect: Paperback
asin: 0761952691