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Prometheus Wired (Paperback)
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Prometheus Wired (Paperback)
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From all sides, we hear that computer technology, with its
undeniable power to disseminate information and connect
individuals, holds enormous potential for a reinvigoration of
political life. But will the Internet really spark a democratic
revolution? And will the changes it brings be so profound that past
political thought will be of little use in helping us to understand
them? In this text, Darin Barney debunks claims that a networked
society will provide the infrastructure for a political revolution
and shows that the resources we need for understanding and making
sound judgments about this new technology are surprisingly close at
hand. By looking to thinkers who grappled with the relationship of
society and technology, such as Plato, Aristotle, Marx, and
Heidegger, Barney critically examines such assertions about the
character of digital networks. Along the way, Barney offers an
eye-opening history of digital networks and then explores a wide
range of contemporary issues, such as electronic commerce,
telecommuting, privacy, virtual community, digital surveillance,
and the possibility of sovereign governance in an age of global
networks. Ultimately, Barney argues that instead of placing power
back in the hands of the public, a networked economy seems to
exacerbate the worst features of industrial capitalism, and, in
terms of the surveillance and control it exerts, reduces our
political freedom.
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