1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006117760403321

Autore

Maddison, Angus <1926-2010>

Titolo

Dynamic forces in capitalist development : a Long-Run Comparative View / Angus Maddison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University press, c1991

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 333 p. ; 22 cm

Disciplina

338.9

Locazione

FSPBC

FGBC

Collocazione

VI A 1184

XV O2 73

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797167503321

Autore

Bodei Remo <1938->

Titolo

The life of things, the love of things / / Remo Bodei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Fordham University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-8232-6659-1

0-8232-6445-9

0-8232-6446-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 pages)

Collana

Commonalities

Altri autori (Persone)

BacaMurtha

Disciplina

111.85

Soggetti

Object (Philosophy)

Object (Aesthetics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of La vita delle cose.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- 1. Objects and Things -- 2. Opening Up to the World -- 3. Living Nature -- NOTES -- COMMONALITIES

Sommario/riassunto

From prehistoric stone tools, to machines, to computers, things have traveled a long road along with human beings. Changing with the times, places, and methods of their production, emerging from diverse histories, and enveloped in multiple layers of meaning, things embody ideas, emotions, and symbols of which we are often unaware. The meaning of “thing” is richer than that of “object,” which is something that is manipulated with indifference or according to impersonal technical procedures. Things also differ from merchandise, objects that can be sold or exchanged or seen as status symbols. Things, in the philosophical sense, are nodes of relationships with the life of others, chains of continuity among generations, bridges that connect individual and collective histories, junctions between human civilizations and nature. Things incite us to listen to reality, to make them part of ourselves, giving fresh life to an otherwise suffocating interiority. Things also reveal the hidden aspect of a “subject” in its most secret and least explored side. Things are the repositories of ideas, emotions, and symbols whose meaning we often do not understand. In an unexpected but coherent journey that includes the visions of classic



philosophers from Aristotle to Husserl and from Hegel to Heidegger, along with the analysis of works of art, Bodei addresses issues such as fetishism, the memory of things, the emergence of department stores, consumerism, nostalgia for the past, the self-portraits of Rembrandt and Dutch still-lifes of the seventeenth century. The more we are able to recover objects in their wealth of meanings and integrate them into our mental and emotional horizons, he argues, the broader and deeper our world becomes.

3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996455153703316

Autore

Diver Laurence

Titolo

Digisprudence : code as law rebooted / / Laurence Diver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-4744-8534-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Future Law : FULA

Disciplina

343.09/944

Soggetti

Computer networks - Law and legislation

Computer programming

Computer programming - Social aspects

Cyberspace - Social aspects

LAW / Jurisprudence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Expanded Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Computational Legalism and the Rule(s) of Code -- 2 A Design Perspective: Code is More than Law -- 3 A Legal Philosophy Perspective: Code is Less than Law -- Part II What Makes a Good Rule? -- 4 Criteria for Laws -- 5 Criteria for Code -- Part III Legitimating Code: Theory and Practice -- 6 The Digisprudential Affordances -- 7 Operationalising Digisprudence -- 8 Rebooting Code as Law: Conclusions and Next Steps -- Bibliography -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

Reboots the debate on ‘code as law’ to present a new cross-disciplinary direction that sheds light on the fundamental issue of software legitimacyReinvigorates the debate at the intersection of legal theory, philosophy of technology, STS and design practice Synthesises theories of legitimate legal rulemaking with practical knowledge of code production tools and practiceProposes a set of affordances that can legitimise code in line with an ecological view of legalityDraws on contemporary technologies as case studies, examining blockchain applications and the Internet of ThingsLaurence Diver combines insight from legal theory, philosophy of technology and programming practice to develop a new theoretical and practical approach to the design of legitimate software. The book critically engages with the rule(s) of code, arguing that, like laws, these should exhibit certain formal characteristics if they are to be acceptable in a democracy. The resulting digisprudential affordances translate ideas of legitimacy from legal philosophy into the world of code design, to be realised through the ‘constitutional’ role played by programming languages, integrated development environments (IDEs), and agile development practice. The text interweaves theory and practice throughout, including many insights into real-world technologies, as well as case studies on blockchain applications and the Internet of Things (IoT).Whenever you use a smartphone, website, or IoT device, your behaviour is determined to a great extent by a designer. Their software code defines from the outset what is possible, with very little scope to interpret the meaning of those ‘rules’ or to contest them. How can this kind of control be acceptable in a democracy? If we expect legislators to respect values of legitimacy when they create the legal rules that govern our lives, shouldn’t we expect the same from the designers whose code has a much more direct rule over us?