Libro Technologies of Magic: A Cultural Study of Ghosts, Machines and the Uncanny De Potts

portada Technologies of Magic: A Cultural Study of Ghosts, Machines and the Uncanny

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Power Publications

Autor

Potts

Año

2007

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

184

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Peso

0.90

ISBN

0909952353

ISBN13

9780909952358

N° edición

Categorías

Tecnología: cuestiones generales

Technologies of Magic: A Cultural Study of Ghosts, Machines and the Uncanny

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Technologies of Magic charts curious territory - a place occupied by both machines and magic. This collection of essays investigates the co-existence of very old forms of thought - belief in ghosts, magic, spirits - and contemporary culture. Refracted through highly technologised societies, magic manifests itself in surprising ways and through a diverse range of practices.Apprehension of the magical - in the world of machines - can give rise to a feeling of uncanny unease. These essays show that ultimately this produces another way of thinking about technology in contemporary culture.