Gadget consciousness : collective thought, will and action in the age of social media / Joss Hands.
Publisher: London : PlutoPress, 2019Description: 240 pagesContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 43600ISBN: 9780745335346 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Technology -- Social aspects | Implements, utensils, etc. -- Social aspects | Embedded computer systems | SocietyDDC classification: 303.483 HAN LOC classification: T14.5Summary: What impact does our relentless fixation on the gadget have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence? In this groundbreaking study, Joss Hands explores the new political and social forces that are emerging in the age of social media.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence? In this groundbreaking study, Joss Hands explores the new political and social forces that are emerging in the age of social media.
Gadget Consciousness examines the transformation of our consciousness as a historical political force in two senses: as individual consciousness - in terms of sentience and will - and also as class consciousness. Exploring a range of manifestations in the digital commons, he investigates what forms digital solidarity can take, and asks whether we can learn from the communisms of the past and how might solidarity be manifested in the future?
Today, the ubiquity of networked gadgets offers exciting new opportunities for social and political change, but also significant dangers of alienation and stupefaction.
What impact does our relentless fixation on the gadget have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence? In this groundbreaking study, Joss Hands explores the new political and social forces that are emerging in the age of social media.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Series Preface (p. vi)
- Acknowledgements (p. vii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 The Question Concerning Gadgets (p. 10)
- 2 Gadget Materialism (p. 33)
- 3 Gadget Brain (p. 58)
- 4 Gadget Consciousness (p. 87)
- 5 Gadget Action (p. 114)
- 6 Gadget Futures (p. 145)
- Bibliography (p. 176)
- Index (p. 183)
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