Critique of InformationThis penetrating book raises questions about how power and resistance operate in contemporary society. Scott Lash argues that critique must take place from within information flows, rather than from the safety of `academic detachment' and that information is power. The book identifies a central contradiction of the information society, that is, the more intelligent and rational that the information society becomes, the more irrational may be the consequences. Written by one of the most celebrated commentators on power and culture, the book is a major testament on the prospects of intellectual life in an age dominated by seemingly inexhaustible, global flows of information. |
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| Title | Critique of Information Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society |
| Author | Scott Lash |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0761952683, 9780761952688 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Social Science / Sociology / General |
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