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Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons

By Matteo Pasquinelli

Book information

Publisher
NAi Publishers
Year
2009
ISBN
9056626639, 9789056626631
Open Library ID
OL24570264M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2334270 bytes)
Series
Studies in Network Cultures
Pages
240\240
Topic
Biology Zoology
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

During a time when pop stars become famous thanks to sex tapes that have been leaked online, it is clear that the Internet is not immune to the draw of the media. Yet art, academia and activism continue to promote the Internet as an untouched utopia. Animal Spirits: A Bestiary of the Commons addresses the double standard dominating contemporary media discourse and shatters the myths of creative commons, free software and open-source movements, suggesting that "free culture" is an economic parasite siphoning money through peer-to-peer networks. Theorist and digital fetishist Matteo Pasquinelli uses the metaphor of the animal body--which Paul Virilio has characterized as instinctual and reactionary--to counter what he sees as a capitalist exploitation of collective imagery, calling for a radical new understanding of the forces at work behind the digital economy and cultural production.

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