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- catalog abstract ""In The Digital Sublime Vincent Mosco goes beyond the usual stories of technological breakthrough and economic meltdown to explore the myths constructed around the new digital technology and why we feel compelled to believe in them. He tells us that what kept enthusiastic investors in the dotcom era bidding up stocks even after the crash had begun was not willful ignorance of the laws of economics but belief in the myth that cyberspace was opening up a new world." "Myths are not just falsehoods that can be disproved, Mosco points out, but stories that lift us out of the banality of everyday life into the possibility of the sublime. He argues that if we take what we know about cyberspace and situate it within what we know about culture - specifically the central post-Cold War myths of the end of history, geography, and politics - we will add to our knowledge about the digital world; we need to see it "with both eyes"--That is, to understand it both culturally and materially." "After examining the myths of cyberspace and going back in history to look at the similar mythic pronouncements prompted by past technological advances - the telephone, the radio, and television, among others - Mosco takes us to Ground Zero. In the final chapter he considers the twin towers of the World Trade Center - our icons of communication, information, and trade - and their part in the politics, economics, and myths of cyberspace."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13170534.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""In The Digital Sublime Vincent Mosco goes beyond the usual stories of technological breakthrough and economic meltdown to explore the myths constructed around the new digital technology and why we feel compelled to believe in them. He tells us that what kept enthusiastic investors in the dotcom era bidding up stocks even after the crash had begun was not willful ignorance of the laws of economics but belief in the myth that cyberspace was opening up a new world." "Myths are not just falsehoods that can be disproved, Mosco points out, but stories that lift us out of the banality of everyday life into the possibility of the sublime. He argues that if we take what we know about cyberspace and situate it within what we know about culture - specifically the central post-Cold War myths of the end of history, geography, and politics - we will add to our knowledge about the digital world; we need to see it "with both eyes"--That is, to understand it both culturally and materially." "After examining the myths of cyberspace and going back in history to look at the similar mythic pronouncements prompted by past technological advances - the telephone, the radio, and television, among others - Mosco takes us to Ground Zero. In the final chapter he considers the twin towers of the World Trade Center - our icons of communication, information, and trade - and their part in the politics, economics, and myths of cyberspace."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-211) and index.".
- catalog description "The secret of life -- Myth and cyberspace -- Cyberspace and the end of history -- Loose ends : the death of distance, the end of politics -- When old myths were new : the ever-ending story -- From ground zero to cyberspace and back again.".
- catalog extent "ix, 218 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "026213439X (hc : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog subject "303.48/33 22".
- catalog subject "Cyberspace Economic aspects.".
- catalog subject "Cyberspace Political aspects.".
- catalog subject "HM851 .M667 2004".
- catalog subject "Information society.".
- catalog subject "Myth.".
- catalog subject "Telecommunication.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The secret of life -- Myth and cyberspace -- Cyberspace and the end of history -- Loose ends : the death of distance, the end of politics -- When old myths were new : the ever-ending story -- From ground zero to cyberspace and back again.".
- catalog title "The digital sublime : myth, power, and cyberspace / Vincent Mosco.".
- catalog type "text".