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Cubitt, Prof Sean

 
9780761961109: Simulation and Social Theory (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society)
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ISBN 10: 0761961100 ISBN 13: 9780761961109
Editorial: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2000

Sinopsis

This insightful book is the first to critically examine the ideas of some of the key thinkers of simulation. It addresses the work of Baudrillard, Debord, Virilio and Eco, clarifying their arguments by referring to the intellectual and social worlds each emerged from distilling what is important from their discussions. The book argues for a critical and selective use of the concept of simulation.

Like the idea of ideology, simulation is a political theory, but it has also become a deeply pessimistic theory of the end of history and the impossibility of positive change. Through a series of reflections on the meaning of theme parks, warfare and computer modelling, Sean Cubitt demonstrates the strengths and limitations of the simulation thesis.

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Sean Cubitt is Professor of Film and Television at Goldsmiths, University of London; Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne and Honorary Professor of the University of Dundee. His publications include Timeshift: On Video Culture, Videography: Video Media as Art and Culture, Digital Aesthetics, Simulation and Social Theory, The Cinema Effect and EcoMedia. He is the series editor for Leonardo Books at MIT Press. Current research is on the history and philosophy of visual technologies, on media art history and on ecocriticism and mediation.

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Editorial
SAGE Publications Ltd
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0761961100
ISBN 13 
9780761961109
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Número de edición
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Número de páginas
192
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