UID:
almafu_9958110755402883
Format:
1 online resource (207 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-43445-6
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1-134-43446-4
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9780203217810
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0-203-21781-0
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1-280-07015-3
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0-415-29673-0
Content:
Key Thinkers for the Information Society provides an introduction to some important social theorists whose work has considerable relevance to today's 'brave new world' of information and communication technologies. With the aim of widening current perspectives on the information society, each contributor introduces a particular theorist and discusses the way in which their insights can be reintroduced into debates regarding the social, political and cultural impact of ICTs. Theorists presented in Volume 1 include some well-known and some less well-known figures: Walter Benjamin; Murra
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Key Thinkers for the Information Society; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1. Editor's Introduction; 2. Walter Benjamin; 3. Murray Edelman; 4. Jacques Ellul; 5. Harold Innis; 6. Lewis Mumford; 7. Karl Polanyi; 8. Elmer Eric Schattschneider; 9. Raymond Williams; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-203-29450-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-29672-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203217818
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