The Soul at Work
From Alienation to Autonomy
$39.77
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2009
Summary
An examination of new forms of alienation in our never-off, plugged-in culture-and a clarion call for a “conspiracy of estranged people.“We can reach every point in the world but, more importantly, we can be reached from any point in the world. Privacy and its possibilities are abolished. Attention is under siege everywhere. Not silence but uninterrupted noise, not the red desert, but a cognitive space overcharged with nervous incentives to act: this is the alienation of our times…-from The S…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781584350767 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1584350768 |
| Author: | Franco "Bifo" Berardi, Jason E. Smith, Francesca Cadel, Giuseppina Mecchia, Franco Bifo Berardi |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2009 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
About The Author
Franco "Bifo" Berardi
Franco Berardi, aka “Bifo,” founder of the famous “Radio Alice” in Bologna and an important figure of the Italian Autonomia Movement, is a writer, media theorist, and media activist. He currently teaches Social History of the Media at the Accademia di Brera, Milan.
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