Digital Magic, Cybernetic Sorcery: On the Cultural Politics of Fascination and Fear
Date
2010-03-12
Authors
Pfohl, Stephen
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Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture
Abstract
Stephen Pfohl is a Professor in the Sociology Department at Boston College where he teaches courses on social theory, deviance and social control, postmodernity, social psychoanalysis, and the sociology of technology, art, and culture. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Images of Deviance and Social Control (McGraw Hill, 1994), Death at the Parasite Café (St. Martin’s Press, 1992), and Left Behind: Religion, Technology and Flight from the Flesh (NWP/CTheory Books, 2008). He is the co-editor of Culture, Power and History: Studies in Critical Sociology (Brill Publishers, 2006) and author of the forthcoming Venus in Video: Cybernetics and Ultramodern Power. Stephen is also a past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, a video maker and performing artist, member of the editorial board of the journal CTheory, and founding member of the Boston-based Sit-Com International.
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digital magic, cybernetic sorcery, fear, cultural politics, cybernetic social control, ultramodern
Citation
Pohl, Stephen. "Digital Magic, Cybernetic Sorcery: On the Cultural Politics of Fascination and Fear." Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 12 March 2010. Presentation.