Virtual Politics

Identity and Community in Cyberspace

AvDavid Holmes

Inbunden, Engelska, 1997

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Beskrivning

Virtual Politics is a critical overview of the new - digital - body politic, with new technologies framing the discussion of key themes in social theory. This book shows how these new technologies are altering the nature of identity and agency, the relation of self to other, and the structure of community and political representation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-12-16
Mått:156 x 234 x 19 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Politics and Culture series
Antal sidor:256
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9780761956099

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

David Holmes is a Lecturer in Communications and Media, Monash University

Recensioner i media

`Contains valuable insights for scholars teaching and researching in this field′ - Political Science

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPART ONE: THE SELF, IDENTITY AND BODY IN THE AGE OF THE VIRTUALVirtual Identity - David HolmesCommunities of Broadcast, Communities of InteractivityVirtual Worlds/Virtual Bodies - Cathryn VasseleuBeyond Being Digital - Nicola GreenThe Semiotics of TechnicsAn Ontology of Digital Domains - Chris ChesherThe Subject of Virtual Reality - Simon CooperPlenitude vs AlienationThis Abstract Body - Paul James and Freya CarkeekPART TWO: POLITICS AND COMMUNITY IN VIRTUAL WORLDSVirtual Urban Futures - Michael OstwaldCommunity in the Abstract - Michele WillsonA Political and Ethical Dilemma?What Space Is Cyberspace? - Mark NunesThe Internet and VirtualityAlways Already Virtual - Patricia WiseFeminist Politics in CyberspaceVirtual Reality and the New Age - Chris ZigiurasThe Technologisation of the SacredCyberdemocracy - Mark PosterInternet and the Public Sphere