- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: The MIT Press (July 16 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262193620
- ISBN-13: 978-0262193627
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,744,060 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An engrossing and complex exploration of the effects of telecommunications technologies on gender relations and identity. Goes far beyond the usual obvious assertions and cliches.
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"From its title to its subject the impact of cybertechnologies onthe construction of identity Stone"s book is undeniably sexy....simultaneously provocative and infuriating...never vanilla." The Women"s Review of Books
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Love, violence, sex, humor and philosophy in one small book.,
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This review is from: The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age (Paperback)
For technology lovers and technophobes, and even for those who don't think about the man/machine relationship at all, Stone's book offers intimate accounts of how humanity is dealing with the computer age. Some are anecdotes, some are discussions of theory, and there is a corporate history of Atari that had me on the edge of my seat (really). War of Desire and Technology is a quick and fun read that gives you much to think about
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Love, violence, sex, humor and philosophy in one small book.,
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This review is from: The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age (Paperback)
For technology lovers and technophobes, and even for those who don't think about the man/machine relationship at all, Stone's book offers intimate accounts of how humanity is dealing with the computer age. Some are anecdotes, some are discussions of theory, and there is a corporate history of Atari that had me on the edge of my seat (really). War of Desire and Technology is a quick and fun read that gives you much to think about
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a book about breaking rules and trespassing borders,
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This review is from: The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age (Hardcover)
Allucquere Rosanne Stone is one of the most fascinating writersin this moment. Her book, "The War of Desire and Technology" explores a changing world, in transicion between science and mythology. As Orwell and Huxley warned about, our world is fastening its pace around the axe time and place. Machines and tools are executing the utopias, making dreams and nightmares come true. Stone's book is a challenging book, with questions and a few answers, a book for seekers and poets. The encounter between feelings and facts is described by Stone as a meeting between two worlds in permanent fight, two pictures painted by blind painters, who has never seen any colours. The War of Desire and Technology is a book about nomads and cyborgs, lonely hackers and autists, leftovers from the time before the beginning, when the earth was new and the ages were newborn. |
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