The laws of cool [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge work and the culture of information / / Alan Liu

• Autore: Liu Alan <1953->
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (586 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/33
• Soggetto topico: Information society; Knowledge workers; Humanities - Social aspects; Education, Higher - Aims and objectives; Internet - Social aspects; Digital media; Literature and technology; Art and technology; Popular culture - History - 20th century; Work - Social aspects
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 495-539) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Literature and Creative Destruction -- Part I. The New Enlightenment -- Part II. Ice Ages -- Part III. The Laws of Cool -- Part IV. Humanities and Arts in the Age of Knowledge Work -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of Cool, Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers the emergence of new information technologies and their profound influence on the forms and practices of knowledge.
• Titolo autorizzato: The laws of cool
• ISBN: 1-282-90197-4; 9786612901973; 0-226-48700-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459501003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II