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Author:   Ziauddin Sardar ,  Jerome R. Ravetz
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.222kg
ISBN:  

9780745311210

ISBN 10:   0745311210
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   20 July 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction: Reaping the technological whirlwind - Ziauddin Sardar and Jerry Ravetz 1. alt.civilizations.faq: Cyberspace As the Darker Side of the West - Ziauddin Sardar 2. The Microcybernetic Revolution and the Dialectics of Ignorance - Jerome R. Ravetz 3. Microcybernetics as the Meta-Technology of Pure Control - George Spencer 4. Democratic Franchise and the Electronic Frontier - Vivian Sobchack 5. Earthing the Ether: The Alternating Currents of Ecology and Cyberculure - Nigel Clark 6. Welcome to Cyberia: Notes on the Anthropology of Cyberculture - Arturo Escobar 7. Is There a New Political Paradigm Lurking in Cyberspace? - Jay Kinney Notes on Contributors Index

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Ziauddin Sardar is a London-based scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic and intellectual specialising in Muslim thought, futures studies and science and cultural relations. He is the author of How Do You Know?: Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations (Pluto, 2006), Aliens R Us: The Other in Science Fiction Cinema (Pluto, 2002) and Postmodernism and the Other (Pluto, 1997). Dr Jerry Ravetz is the author of the classic study, Scientific Knowledge and Social Problems, and the director of the Research Methods Consultancy. He has a particular interest in the history of ideas and the philosophy of science.

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