TechGnosis: Myth, Magic & Mysticism in the Age of Information - Brossura

Davis, Erik

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1852426454 ISBN 13: 9781852426453

Casa editrice: Serpent's Tail, 1999

Riassunto

From the printing press to the telegraph, through radio, TV and the Internet, TechGnosis explores the mystical impulses that lie behind our obsession with information technology. In this thrilling book, writer and cyber guru Erik Davis demonstrates how religious imagination, magical dreams and millennialist fervour have always permeated the story of technology. Through shamanism to gnosticism, voodoo to alchemy, Buddhism to evangelism, TechGnosis peels away the rational shell of info tech to reveal the utopian dreams, alien obsessions and apocalyptic visions that populate the ongoing digital revolution. 'Beautifully written, carefully conceived and absolutely accessible, TechGnosis proves that it?s time we sat up and took notice? Observer ?A masterpiece of informed polemic, welding seemingly disparate blocs of knowledge and thought into a coherent, challenging whole with passion, erudition and wit? Independent

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Informazioni sull?autore

Erik Davis's work has appeared in Wired, The Village Voice andGnosis, and he has lectured internationally on techno-culture and the fringes of religion.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Serpent's Tail
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1852426454
• ISBN 13: 9781852426453
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 372
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile