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Holding on to Reality

The Nature of Information at the Turn of the Millennium

Autor: Albert Borgmann

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Legare: Copertă tare

Editura: University of Chicago Press

Disponibilitate: Retipărire preconizată

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In the late-1990s people hear constantly about the "information revolution". The 24-hour news channe...

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Autor

Albert Borgmann

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

1999

Pagini

278

EAN

9780226066257

Enbook ID

04542785

Editura

University of Chicago Press

Greutate

560

Dimensiuni

160 x 235 x 25

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In the late-1990s people hear constantly about the "information revolution". The 24-hour news channels and dizzying Internet technologies bombard people with facts and pictures from around the globe. But what kind of a "revolution" is this? How has information really changed from what it was ten years or ten centuries ago? This work offers some answers to these questions. Albert Borgmann has written a history of information, from its inception in the natural world to its role in the transformation of culture - in writing and printing, in music and architecture - to the late-1990s Internet mania and its attendant assets and liabilities. Drawing on the history of ideas, the details of information technology, and the boundaries of the human condition, Borgmann explains the relationship between things and signs, between reality and information. His history ranges from Plato to Boeing and from the alphabet to virtual reality, all the while being conscious of the enthusiasm, apprehension, and uncertainty that have greeted every stage of the development of information. The book is underscored by the humanist's fundamental belief in human excellence and by the conviction that excellence is jeopardized unless we achieve a balance of information and "the things and practices that have served us well and we continue to depend on for our material and spiritual well-being - the grandeur of nature, the splendour of cities, competence of work, fidelity to loved ones, and devotion to art or religion".