The modern invention of information : discourse, history, and power /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Day, Ronald E., 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale and Edwardsville : Southern Illinois University, 2001.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Remembering "Information"
  • European Documentation: Paul Otlet and Suzanne Brier
  • Information Theory, Cybernetics, and the Discoure of "Man"
  • Pierre Lévy and the "Virtual"
  • Heidegger and Benjamin: The Metaphysics and Fetish of Information
  • Conclusion: "Information" and the Role of Critical Theory