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Critique of information

By Scott Lash

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
2002
ISBN
0761952691, 9780761952695
LCC
HM851 .L37 2002
Open Library ID
OL3658485M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
13 MB (13343520 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
124\124
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

This penetrating book raises questions about how power and resistance operate in contemporary society. Scott Lash argues that critique must take place from within information flows, rather than from the safety of `academic detachment' and that information is power. The book identifies a central contradiction of the information society, that is, the more intelligent and rational that the information society becomes, the more irrational may be the consequences. Written by one of the most celebrated commentators on power and culture, the book is a major testament on the prospects of intellectual life in an age dominated by seemingly inexhaustible, global flows of information.

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