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UNINA9910790385603321 |
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Titolo |
Inventive life [[electronic resource] ] : approaches to the new vitalism / / edited by Mariam Fraser, Sarah Kember and Celia Lury |
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ISBN |
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1-4739-7184-5 |
1-4462-1337-4 |
1-283-88185-3 |
1-4462-0278-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (199 p.) |
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Collana |
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Theory, culture & society |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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FraserMariam |
KemberSarah |
LuryCelia |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Originally published as Volume 22, Number 1 of Theory, Culture & Society"--T.p.verso. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Inventive Life: Approaches to the New Vitalism; On the Vitality of Vitalism; Information and Knowledge; Pharmaceutical Matters: The Invention of Informed Materials; The Performativity of Code: Software and Cultures of Circulation; 'Contemplating a Self-Portrait as a Pharmacist': A Trade Mark Style of Doing Art and Science; The New Economy, Property and Personhood; Computing the Human; Metamorphoses: The Myth of Evolutionary Possibility; Making Music Matter; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This text demonstrates how and why vitalism - the idea that life cannot be explained by the principles of mechanism - matters now. It guides readers through the introduction of understanding of information, complexity and cybernetics in the economy science and art. |
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