Digital Aesthetics

by Sean Cubitt

Book Overview

The aesthetic nature and purposes of computer culture in the contemporary world are investigated in this book. Sean Cubitt casts a cool eye on the claims of cybertopians, tracing the globalization of the new medium and enquiring into its effects on subjectivity and sociality.

Drawing on historical scholarship, philosophical aesthetics and the literature of cyberculture, the author argues for a genuine democracy beyond the limitations of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761959009
• ISBN13: 9780761959007
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"