The cultural logic of computation [[electronic resource] /] / David Golumbia

• Autore: Golumbia David
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/34
• Soggetto topico: Computers - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: EC 5410
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-250) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. The Cultural Functions of Computation -- Part one. Computationalism and Cognition -- 2. Chomsky's Computationalism -- 3. Genealogies of Philosophical Functionalism -- Part two. Computationalism and Language -- 4. Computationalist Linguistics -- 5. Linguistic Computationalism -- Part three. Cultural Computationalism -- 6. Computation, Globalization, and Cultural Striation -- 7. Computationalism, Striation, and Cultural Authority -- Part four. Computationalist Politics -- 8. Computationalism and Political Individualism -- 9. Computationalism and Political Authority -- Epilogue. Computers without Computationalism -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In The Cultural Logic of Computation, David Golumbia, who worked as a software designer for more than ten years, argues that computers are cultural "all the way down" - that there is no part of the apparent technological transformation that is not shaped by historical and cultural processes, or that escapes existing cultural politics. The Cultural Logic of Computation provides a needed corrective to the uncritical enthusiasm for computers common today in many parts of our culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: The cultural logic of computation
• ISBN: 0-674-05388-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460328403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II