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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460328403321

Autore

Golumbia David

Titolo

The cultural logic of computation [[electronic resource] /] / David Golumbia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-05388-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Classificazione

EC 5410

Disciplina

303.48/34

Soggetti

Computers - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.