Introduction: Necropolis of Software
Date
2010-03-12
Authors
Kroker, Arthur
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Publisher
Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture
Abstract
Arthur Kroker is Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Theory, professor of political science, and the director of the Pacific Center for Technology and Culture at the University of Victoria. His most recent projects include the monograph Born Again Ideology: Religion, Technology and Terrorism (New World Perspectives, 2008), and Critical Digital Studies: A Reader, co-edited with Marilouise Kroker (University of Toronto, 2008). His books include, among others, The Will to Technology and the Culture of Nihilism: Heidegger, Nietzsche, and Marx (University of Toronto Press, 2004), The Possessed Individual (St Martin’s Press, 1992), Spasm (St Martin’s Press, 1993), and Data Trash: The Theory of the Virtual Class, with Michael A. Weinstein (St Martin’s Press, 1994). He is the co-editor of the Digital Futures book series for the University of Toronto Press, as well as the peer-reviewed, electronic journal CTheory.
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Keywords
death of the eye, necropolis, confesionality
Citation
Kroker, Arthur. "Introduction: Necropolis of Software." Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture, Victoria, B.C. 12 March 2010. Presentation.