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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822950303321

Autore

Galloway Alexander R. <1974->

Titolo

The exploit : a theory of networks / / Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, Minn. ; ; London, : University of Minnesota Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8166-5397-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Collana

Electronic mediations ; ; 21

Classificazione

05.20

Altri autori (Persone)

ThackerEugene

Disciplina

303.483301

Soggetti

Bioinformatics - Philosophy

Computer network protocols

Computer networks

Social networks

Sovereignty

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; On Reading This Book; Prolegomenon: "We're Tired of Trees"; Part I. Nodes; Part II. Edges; Coda: Bits and Atoms; Appendix: Notes for a Liberated Computer Language; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker challenge the widespread assumption that networks are inherently egalitarian. Instead, they contend that there exist new modes of control entirely native to networks, modes that are at once highly centralized and dispersed, corporate and subversive. In this provocative book, they argue that a whole new topology must be invented to resist and reshape the network form.