TechGnosis

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Synopsis
How does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis--a cult classic now updated and reissued with a new afterword--Erik Davis argues that while the realms of the digital and the spiritual may seem worlds apart, esoteric and religious impulses have in fact always permeated (and sometimes inspired) technological communication. Davis uncovers startling connections between such seemingly disparate topics as electricity and alchemy; online roleplaying games and religious and occult practices; virtual reality and gnostic mythology; programming languages and Kabbalah. The final chapters address the apocalyptic dreams that haunt technology, providing vital historical context as well as new ways to think about a future defined by the mutant intermingling of mind and machine, nightmare and fantasy.From the Trade Paperback edition.ology; programming languages and channeled texts. The final chapters address both apocalyptic and utopian dreams of the future of technology, providing historical context as well as new models for how to think and feel our way through an amazing, confusing, and disturbing time. This new edition features a foreword by Eugene Thacker as well as a new afterword reflecting on surveillance; the current tech bubble; the growth of superheroes, horror, and other "uncanny cultures" online; the growing backlash against technology; and the need to revitalize the cosmic imagination.ContentsIntroduction: crossed wires I imagining technologies II the alchemical fire III the gnostic infonaut IV techgnosis, american-style V the spiritual cyborg VI a most enchanting machine VII cyberspace: the virtual craft VIII the alien call IX datapocalypse X third mind from the sun XI the path is a network Afterword: beyond the boomFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
Copyright:
2015

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781583949313
Related ISBNs:
9781583949306
Publisher:
North Atlantic Books
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Copyrighted By:
Erik Davis
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Computers and Internet, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies
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Bookshare Staff
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