Digital Detachment
How Computer Culture Undermines Democracy
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Chet A Bowers | ISBN: | 9781317286325 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | January 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Chet A Bowers |
| ISBN: | 9781317286325 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | January 29, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
The digital revolution is changing the world in ecologically unsustainable ways: (1) it increases the economic and political power of the elites controlling and interpreting the data; (2) it is based on the deep assumptions of market liberalism that do not recognize environmental limits; (3) it undermines face-to-face and context-specific forms of knowledge; (4) it undermines awareness of the metaphorical nature of language; (5) its promoters are driven by the myth of progress and thus ignore important cultural traditions of the cultural commons that are being lost; and (6) it both by-passes the democratic process and colonizes other cultures. This book provides an in-depth examination of these phenomena and connects them to questions of educational reform in the US and beyond.
The digital revolution is changing the world in ecologically unsustainable ways: (1) it increases the economic and political power of the elites controlling and interpreting the data; (2) it is based on the deep assumptions of market liberalism that do not recognize environmental limits; (3) it undermines face-to-face and context-specific forms of knowledge; (4) it undermines awareness of the metaphorical nature of language; (5) its promoters are driven by the myth of progress and thus ignore important cultural traditions of the cultural commons that are being lost; and (6) it both by-passes the democratic process and colonizes other cultures. This book provides an in-depth examination of these phenomena and connects them to questions of educational reform in the US and beyond.
