The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information

by Alan Liu

Book Overview

Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of Cool , Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226486990
• ISBN13: 9780226486994
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"