The cultural logic of computation / David Golumbia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golumbia, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computers--Social aspects.

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Cultural Logic of Computation, David Golumbia, who worked as a software designer for more than ten years, 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. The Cultural Logic of Computation provides a needed corrective to the uncritical enthusiasm for computers common today in many parts of our culture.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1. The Cultural Functions of Computation

Part one. Computationalism and Cognition

2. Chomsky's Computationalism

3. Genealogies of Philosophical Functionalism

Part two. Computationalism and Language

4. Computationalist Linguistics

5. Linguistic Computationalism

Part three. Cultural Computationalism

6. Computation, Globalization, and Cultural Striation

7. Computationalism, Striation, and Cultural Authority

Part four. Computationalist Politics

8. Computationalism and Political Individualism

9. Computationalism and Political Authority

Epilogue. Computers without Computationalism

Notes

References

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-250) and index.

ISBN:

9780674263895

0674263898

9780674053885

0674053885

OCLC:

651663944