{"product_id":"the-mode-of-information-poststructuralism-and-social-context-9780226675961","title":"The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen we make phone calls and use computers  electronic devices mediate how we communicate. In each instance  we exchange symbols and information just as we have since humans began speaking and writing. What  thenbesides economy of space and timedifferentiates electronic communications from ordinary speech and writing?  The difference  Mark Poster argues  is the profound effect electronic mediation exerts on the very way we perceive ourselves and reality. To help decode the linguistic dimensions of our multiple forms of social interaction  he plays upon Marxs theory of the mode of productionthe shift to late capitalism has a parallel in the shift from the mode of production to that of information.  Enlisting poststructuralist theory  he links four modes of communication with four poststructuralists: TV ads with Baudrillard  data bases with Foucault  electronic writing with Derrida  and computer science with Lyotard. Mode of Information points the way to a poststructuralist strategy for writing history  a framework well suited to unearthing structures of domination and the means to their disruption.  \"An informed  insightful  provocative account of phenomena that have transformed virtually every area of public and private life on our time.\"Robert Anchor  American Historical Review  \"The importance of Posters book is unmistakable for he skillfully negotiates between and juxtaposes two wide theoretical domainselectronically mediated communications and poststructuralist theoryabout which much has been written  but hardly with the acumen that he brings to bear in a long-awaited critical rapprochement.\"Charles J. Stivale  Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651905478709,"sku":"ByrdShop_0226675963","price":271.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780226675961.jpg?v=1781844808","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-mode-of-information-poststructuralism-and-social-context-9780226675961","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}