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Leo Siegel, one of the most incisive and insightful critics in the United States, analyzes the most widespread opinions about digital culture in this essay to offer a brilliant and controversial perspective on what is rarely said about it. For Siegel, far from being the ultimate expression of freedom and democracy, the Internet and other contemporary phenomena lead us, as individuals and as a society, toward the most lethal and destructive narcissism while distancing us from what constitutes the foundation of democracy: critical awareness. According to the author, all the supposed advantages of the Internet—unlimited information, opportunities for self-expression, the democratization of culture, convenience—are merely a façade of triumphalism that conceals its limitations, risks, and dangers. A brilliant and controversial view, essential for anyone seeking a deep and critical understanding of the most significant cultural phenomenon of our time.
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Against the Machine, Lee Siegel
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- Année de publication
- 2008
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- Titre
- Against the Machine
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Lee Siegel
- Éditeur
- Spiegel & Grau
- Publié
- 2008
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 0385522665
- ISBN13
- 9780385522663
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Technologie & Ingénierie, Philosophie, Psychologie, Informatique & Internet, Science, Technologie, Sociologie, Internet
- Évaluation
- 3,55 sur 5
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- Leo Siegel, one of the most incisive and insightful critics in the United States, analyzes the most widespread opinions about digital culture in this essay to offer a brilliant and controversial perspective on what is rarely said about it. For Siegel, far from being the ultimate expression of freedom and democracy, the Internet and other contemporary phenomena lead us, as individuals and as a society, toward the most lethal and destructive narcissism while distancing us from what constitutes the foundation of democracy: critical awareness. According to the author, all the supposed advantages of the Internet—unlimited information, opportunities for self-expression, the democratization of culture, convenience—are merely a façade of triumphalism that conceals its limitations, risks, and dangers. A brilliant and controversial view, essential for anyone seeking a deep and critical understanding of the most significant cultural phenomenon of our time.