Overview
- Presents a lively examination of how the Internet is re-enchanting societies and daily life
- Debates the bases of generalised computerisation of society and economy
- Covers a range of contemporary perspectives based on Musso’s critical philosophy on network society
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology (POET, volume 27)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is devoted to discussion of the views of Pierre Musso and starts with a central chapter written by Musso, entitled Network Ideology: from Saint-Simonianism to the Internet . Pierre Musso is a French philosopher and is one of the most original thinkers in the history of the network society. His thought develops a critique of information and communication technologies through their imaginary and social representations and of the information society, based on the network metaphor.
The main question on which Musso has focused his attention is how the network metaphor is one of the most powerful ways of understanding the complex societies in which we live. Showing characteristic attention to detail, and drawing on the history of ideas, political philosophy and sociology, Musso traces the genealogy of the network imaginary, and points out that it did not emerge with the Internet. He shows how its modern roots can be found in Henri de Saint-Simon and his disciples, engineers and entrepreneurs such as Michel de Chevalier, and Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin, who developed channel networks, railroads, and the telegraphic network in France in the nineteenth century. In addition to the central piece written by Musso, the book includes a general introduction and six commentaries from experts on information technologies and networks. It displays a wide range of perspectives from a diverse set of authors in terms of nationalities and universities, as well as disciplinary backgrounds.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pierre Musso and the Network Society
Book Subtitle: From Saint-Simonianism to the Internet
Editors: José Luís Garcia
Series Title: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45538-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-45536-5Published: 09 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83315-6Published: 03 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45538-9Published: 31 January 2017
Series ISSN: 1879-7202
Series E-ISSN: 1879-7210
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 213
Topics: Philosophy of Technology, Media Sociology, Innovation/Technology Management, R & D/Technology Policy