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Critique of Information
This penetrating book raises questions about how power and resistance operate in contemporary society. Scott Lash argues that critique must take place from within information flows, rather than from the safety of `academic detachment' and that information is power. The book identifies a central contradiction of the information society, that is, the more intelligent and rational that the information society becomes, the more irrational may be the consequences. Written by one of the most celebrated commentators on power and culture, the book is a major testament on the prospects of intellectual
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monografia Rebiun19146915 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun19146915 m d cr -n--------- 131216s2002||||||| s|||||||||||eng|d 1-4462-2571-2 1-4462-1728-0 1-281-24016-8 9786611240165 1-84787-652-8 UPSA ELB142192 UFV0702709 UPVA 997911489203706 UPM 991005764855304212 CBUC 991010891352606709 CBUC 991001003920306712 AU-PeEL eng AU-PeEL AU-PeEL eng 303.4833 306.42 Lash, Scott M. CRITIQUE OF INFORMATION Critique of Information electronic resource] Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society London SAGE Publications 2002 London London SAGE Publications 1 online resource (247 p.) 1 online resource (247 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society Description based upon print version of record Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1: Informationcritique; 2: Technological Forms of Life; 3: Live Zones, Dead Zones: Towards a Global Information Culture 14: Conclusions: Communication, Code and The Crisis of ReproductionBibliography; Index This penetrating book raises questions about how power and resistance operate in contemporary society. Scott Lash argues that critique must take place from within information flows, rather than from the safety of `academic detachment' and that information is power. The book identifies a central contradiction of the information society, that is, the more intelligent and rational that the information society becomes, the more irrational may be the consequences. Written by one of the most celebrated commentators on power and culture, the book is a major testament on the prospects of intellectual English Information society Information society Information technology Power (Social sciences) Social aspects Information society- Social aspects Information technology Power (Social sciences) Social Change. HILCC Sociology & Social History. HILCC Social Sciences. HILCC Electronic books 0-7619-5268-3 0-7619-5269-1 Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society