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The modern invention of information : discourse, history, and power /

Main Author: Day, Ronald E., 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Information society > History.
Information theory > History.
Information theory in literature.
Information science > Philosophy > History.
Sciences de l'information > Philosophie > Histoire.
Société informatisée > Histoire.
Information, Théorie de l' > Histoire.
Information, Théorie de l', dans la littérature.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Information science > Philosophy.
Information society.
Information theory.
Informatiemaatschappij.
Informatietheorie.
Informatiewetenschap.
Sociedade da informação (história)
Teoria da informação (história)
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Remembering "Information"
  • 2. European Documentation: Paul Otlet and Suzanne Briet
  • 3. Information Theory, Cybernetics, and the Discourse of "Man"
  • 4. Pierre Levy and the "Virtual"
  • 5. Heidegger and Benjamin: The Metaphysics and Fetish of Information
  • 6. Conclusion: "Information" and the Role of Critical Theory.

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