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The modern invention of Information : discourse, history, and power / Ronald E. Day.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Day, Ronald E., 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information society--History.
- Information society.
- Information theory--History.
- Information theory.
- Information theory in literature.
- Information science--Philosophy--History.
- Information science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (154 pages)
- Edition:
- Pbk. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In The Modern Invention of Information: Discourse, History, and Power , Ronald E.Day provides a historically informed critical analysis of the concept and politics of information.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction:Remembering "Information "
- 2. European Documentation: Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet
- 3. Information Theory,Cybernetics, and the Discourse of "Man "
- 4. Pierre Lévy and the "Virtual "
- 5. Heidegger and Benjamin: The Metaphysics and Fetish of Information
- 6. Conclusion:"Information " and the Role of Critical Theory
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Author Bio
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-134) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 847008201
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