[P2P-F] FW: New Book: The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the Digital Age

Wed Apr 6 12:53:42 CEST 2011

thanks Phoebe!

On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Phoebe Moore <P.Moore at salford.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Michel
>
> This looks interesting!!
>
> Phoebe
>
> Dr. Phoebe Moore
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> ________________________________
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> From: Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) on
> behalf of David Berry
> Sent: Mon 04/04/2011 4:12 PM
> To: MECCSA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: New Book: The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation in the
> Digital Age
>
>
>
>
> Colleagues,
>
> I would just like to take this opportunity to let you know that my new
> monograph is available called The Philosophy of Software: Code and Mediation
> in the Digital Age (Palgrave Macmillan), ISBN 9780230244184, 216 pages.
>
> http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=395958
>
> See below for further information.
>
> Best regards
>
> David Berry
>
> ---
>
> Contents
>
> Acknowledgements
> 1. The Idea of Code
> 2. What is Code?
> 3. Reading and Writing Code
> 4. Running Code
> 5. Towards a Phenomenology of Computation
> 6. Real-Time Streams
> Bibliography
> Index
>
> Review
>
> 'This is a beautifully written book that pulls off the difficult task of
> introducing the subject of software and the workings of code to the non
> specialist whilst also providing an original take of the philosophical and
> the cultural importance of Code in contemporary culture.'
> - Michael Bull, University of Sussex, UK
>
> Product Description
>
> The Philosophy of Software is a critical introduction to the subject of
> code and software, and develops an understanding of its social and
> philosophical implications in the digital age. The book has been written
> specifically for people interested in the subject from a non-technical
> background and provides a lively and interesting analysis of these new media
> forms. The book argues that software is a tangle, a knot, which ties
> together the physical and the ephemeral, the material and the ethereal, into
> a complete system that can be controlled and directed. However, software
> exceeds our ability to place limits on its entanglement, for it has in the
> past decade entered the everyday home through electronic augmentation that
> has replaced the mechanical world of the twentieth century. From washing
> machines to central heating systems, children's toys to television and
> video; the old electro-magnetic and servo-mechanical world is being
> revolutionised by the silent logic of virtual devices. It is time,
> therefore, to examine our virtual situation.
>
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0230244181/ref=kinw_rke_rti_1
>
>
>
>
> ---
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> Dr. David M. Berry
> Department of Political and Cultural Studies
> Room JC015
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