The exploit : a theory of networks
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R017647 Ned. Fotomuseum $BIBL GALLOWAY.A 2007
TitleThe exploit : a theory of networks
Place of publicationMinneapolis
PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press
Year of publication2007
Paginationvii, 196 p.
Dimensions23 x 14 cm.
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
Series titleElectronic mediations ; 21
ISBN9780816650439081665043897808166504460816650446
External document
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Bibliographic NotesIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-180) and index.
SubjectInternet
Abstract
We cite from the COVER:
"The network has become the core organizational structure for postmodern politics, culture, and life, replacing the modern era's hierarchical systems. From peer-to-peer file sharing and massive multiplayer online games to contagion vectors of digital or biological viruses and global affiliations of terrorist organizations, the network form has become so invasive that nearly every aspect of contemporary society can be located within it."
"Borrowing their title from the hacker term for a program that takes advantage of a flaw in a network system, Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker challenge the widespread assumption that networks are inherently egalitarian. Instead, they contend that there exist new modes of control entirely native to networks, modes that are at once highly centralized and dispersed, corporate and subversive."
"In this provocative book-length essay, Galloway and Thacker argue that a whole new topology must be invented to resist and reshape the network form, one that is as asymmetrical in relationship to networks as the network is in relation to hierarchy. "
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"The network has become the core organizational structure for postmodern politics, culture, and life, replacing the modern era's hierarchical systems. From peer-to-peer file sharing and massive multiplayer online games to contagion vectors of digital or biological viruses and global affiliations of terrorist organizations, the network form has become so invasive that nearly every aspect of contemporary society can be located within it."
"Borrowing their title from the hacker term for a program that takes advantage of a flaw in a network system, Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker challenge the widespread assumption that networks are inherently egalitarian. Instead, they contend that there exist new modes of control entirely native to networks, modes that are at once highly centralized and dispersed, corporate and subversive."
"In this provocative book-length essay, Galloway and Thacker argue that a whole new topology must be invented to resist and reshape the network form, one that is as asymmetrical in relationship to networks as the network is in relation to hierarchy. "
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For facsimile view of Table of Contents please click URL.
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| Copy number | R017647 |
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| Shelf mark | $BIBL GALLOWAY.A 2007 |