LEADER 03719nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910968754803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791480441 010 $a0791480445 010 $a9781429471381 010 $a1429471387 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473992 035 $a(OCoLC)137543120 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575971 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000262498 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220997 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262498 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10271172 035 $a(PQKB)11032604 035 $a(OCoLC)868030716 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6511 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407544 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575971 035 $a(OCoLC)923406312 035 $a(DE-B1597)683147 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791480441 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407544 035 $a(Perlego)2673345 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473992 100 $a20060622d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe trouble with culture $ehow computers are calming the culture wars /$fF. Allan Hanson 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791470183 311 08$a0791470180 311 08$a9780791470176 311 08$a0791470172 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 173-188) and index. 327 $aCulture gone bad -- Cultural contradiction and compartmentalization -- Fixing the trouble with culture: relativism, postmodernism, and automation -- The human rage to classify -- Classification and the common law -- Automated classification and indexing -- The automated mode in principle -- The automated mode in practice -- The new superorganic -- Opening culture, expanding individuals. 330 $a2007 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleIn this highly original book, anthropologist F. Allan Hanson reveals an entirely unanticipated but vital link between two of the most widely discussed features of contemporary American society: the computer revolution and the culture wars. Hanson argues that the culture wars stem from a divergence in the evolutionary paths of society and culture. Societies have evolved significantly over the last few millennia from small bands of farmers or hunter-gatherers into huge, internally diverse nation-states, while cultures?the closed systems of meanings and symbols that kept small, face-to-face societies together?have failed to keep pace. If cultures became more open, Hanson contends, then the maladaptive rupture between society and culture would be healed and the clashes that currently beset us would be greatly diminished. Interweaving lucid analysis with concrete case studies of common law, education, and other areas of contemporary life, Hanson demonstrates how the widespread use of computers is, in fact, encouraging more originality and open-mindedness, with the potential to ease polarization and calm the culture wars. 606 $aInformation technology$xSocial aspects 606 $aCulture 606 $aClassification$xSocial aspects 606 $aIndexing$xSocial aspects 615 0$aInformation technology$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aClassification$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aIndexing$xSocial aspects. 676 $a303.48/33 700 $aHanson$b F. Allan$f1939-$0141871 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968754803321 996 $aThe trouble with culture$94367896 997 $aUNINA