Digital Matters The Theory and Culture of the Matrix 1st Edition by Jan Harris, Paul Taylor ISBN 978-0415251846 0415251842

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ISBN 10: 0415251842

ISBN 13: 978-0415251846

Author: Jan Harris,  Paul Taylor

Analyzing the complex interaction between the material and immaterial aspects of new digital technologies, this book draws upon a mix of theoretical approaches (including sociology, media theory, cultural studies and technological philosophy), to suggest that the ‘Matrix’ of science fiction and Hollywood is simply an extreme example of how contemporary technological society enframes and conditions its citizens. Arranged in two parts, the book covers:

• theorizing the Im/Material Matrix
• living in the Digital Matrix.

Providing a novel perspective on on-going digital developments by using both the work of current thinkers and that of past theorists not normally associated with digital issues, it gives a fresh insight into the roots and causes of the social matrix behind the digital one of popular imagination. The authors highlight the way we should be concerned by the power of the digital to undermine physical reality, but also explore the potential the digital has for alternative, empowering social uses.

The book’s central point is to impress upon the reader that the digital does indeed matter. It includes a pessimistic interpretation of technological change, and adds a substantial historical perspective to the often excessively topical focus of much existing cyberstudies literature making it an important volume for students and researchers in this field.

Table of contents: 

PART I

Theorizing the im/material matrix: technics triumphant

1 Jacques Ellul’s Technique

2 Martin Heidegger and enframement

3 Friedrich Kittler – Network 2000?

4 The commodified media matrix

PART II

Living in the digital matrix: the cultural perspective

5 Urban matrix matters

6 Social matters in the matrix

7 Cyberspatial Matrix matters

8 Rewiring the matrix

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