Prometheus Wired: The Hope for Democracy in the Age of Network Technology

by Darin Barney

Book Overview

From all sides, we hear that computer technology, with its undeniable power to disseminate information and connect individuals, holds enormous potential for a reinvigoration of political life. But will the Internet really spark a democratic revolution? And will the changes it brings be so profound that past political thought will be of little use in helping us to understand them? In Prometheus Wired, Darin Barney debunks claims that a networked society...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774807962
• ISBN13: 9780774807968
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 350 Pages