Prometheus Wired
The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2011
- Category
- Political, Communication Studies, Telecommunications
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774842167
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $99.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774807968
- Publish Date
- May 2000
- List Price
- $39.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774807975
- Publish Date
- May 2001
- List Price
- $26.95
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Description
In Prometheus Wired, Darin Barney debunks claims that a networked society will provide the infrastructure for a political revolution and shows that the resources we need for understanding and making sound judgments about this new technology are surprisingly close at hand. By looking to thinkers who grappled with the relationship of society and technology, such as Plato, Aristotle, Marx, and Heidegger, Barney critically examines such assertions about the character of digital networks.
About the author
Awards
- Short-listed, Harold Adams Innis Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
- Winner, Outstanding Book in Political Theory, Choice Magazine
- Winner, Communications Politcy Research Award, Donald McGannon Communication Research Center
Contributor Notes
Darin Barney teaches in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa.
Editorial Reviews
The book presents an originality that is refreshing. Few authors have analysed information technology from the “meta-perspective” of Barney. While reading the book I spontaneously felt “this is a book that concerns everyone.” Ideally, the text should be recommended to all students involved in economic, technical and philosophical disciplines. Prometheus Wired is superbly written and thought provoking.
Telecommunications Policy
This is a welcome and provocative addition to the growing literature on the politics of the Internet. In addition to its rich intellectual texture and mother-lode of information about computer hard- and software, it is a quick read because the author has a sharpe tongue and makes excellent points.
American Political Science Review