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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785322003321

Autore

Liu Alan <1953->

Titolo

The laws of cool [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge work and the culture of information / / Alan Liu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004

ISBN

1-282-90197-4

9786612901973

0-226-48700-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (586 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Information society

Knowledge workers

Humanities - Social aspects

Education, Higher - Aims and objectives

Internet - Social aspects

Digital media

Literature and technology

Art and technology

Popular culture - History - 20th century

Work - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-539) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Literature and Creative Destruction -- Part I. The New Enlightenment -- Part II. Ice Ages -- Part III. The Laws of Cool -- Part IV. Humanities and Arts in the Age of Knowledge Work -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of



Cool, Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers the emergence of new information technologies and their profound influence on the forms and practices of knowledge.