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Hardcover The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age Book

ISBN: 0262193620

ISBN13: 9780262193627

The War of Desire and Technology at the Close of the Mechanical Age

In this work, Allucquere Rosanne Stone examines the myriad ways modern technology is challenging traditional notions of gender identity. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Love, violence, sex, humor and philosophy in one small book.

For technology lovers and technophobes, and even for those who don't think about the man/machine relationship at all, Stone's book offers intimate accounts of how humanity is dealing with the computer age. Some are anecdotes, some are discussions of theory, and there is a corporate history of Atari that had me on the edge of my seat (really). War of Desire and Technology is a quick and fun read that gives you much to think about

a book about breaking rules and trespassing borders

Allucquere Rosanne Stone is one of the most fascinating writers in this moment. Her book, "The War of Desire and Technology" explores a changing world, in transicion between science and mythology. As Orwell and Huxley warned about, our world is fastening its pace around the axe time and place. Machines and tools are executing the utopias, making dreams and nightmares come true. Stone's book is a challenging book, with questions and a few answers, a book for seekers and poets. The encounter between feelings and facts is described by Stone as a meeting between two worlds in permanent fight, two pictures painted by blind painters, who has never seen any colours. The War of Desire and Technology is a book about nomads and cyborgs, lonely hackers and autists, leftovers from the time before the beginning, when the earth was new and the ages were newborn.
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