Software Theory

Name: Software Theory
Brand: Rowman & Littlefield International
SKU: 9781783481965
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A Cultural and Philosophical Study

Автор: Federica Frabetti

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Издател: Rowman & Littlefield International

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The cultural and philosophical study of software is crucial, both within and outside of the universi...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Federica Frabetti

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2014

страници

220

EAN

9781783481965

ISBN

178348196X

Enbook ID

06401240

Издател

Rowman & Littlefield International

Теглоt

418

Размери

218 x 146 x 17

Пълно описание

The cultural and philosophical study of software is crucial, both within and outside of the university, at an international level and across disciplines. Software is increasingly considered the focus of digital media studies because of the perceived need to address the invisibility, ubiquity and power of digital media. Yet software remains quite obscure to students and scholars in media studies, the social sciences and the humanities. This unique book engages directly in close readings of technical texts and computer code in order to show how software works and in what sense it can be considered constitutive of culture and even of human thought. Federica Frabetti combines this with an engagement with thinkers such as Bernard Steigler and Jacques Derrida to problematize the very nature of the conceptual system on which software is based and which has shaped its historical evolution. The book argues for a radical demystification of software and digital technologies by addressing the mystery that surrounds its function and that affects our comprehension of its relationship between technology, philosophy, culture and society.

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