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Sieciowa ekstropia. Wprowadzenie
Internet as extropy. An introduction

Author(s): Mariusz M. Leś
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: utopia; myślenie utopijne; cyberprzestrzeń; hipertekst; humanistyka cyfrowa; posthumanizm

Summary/Abstract: Author of the article offers an insight into three threads of utopian thinking in a world wide web environment. In the first of them, cyberspace operates – in terms of Gibson’s protypical Neuromancer – as a space of decentralized exchange of ideas. In the second, hypertext brings a promise of non-linear and democratized perception, an open-ended eutopia of shared knowledge. In the third, the web is a place of an intriguing meeting of man and machine inside posthumanism and digital humanities movements.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 15-35
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish