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Kyberkultura

Kyberkultura

[Cyberculture]

Lévy, Pierre

subjects: philosophy

paperback, 236 pp., 1. edition
translation: Kašpar, Michal - Pravdová, Anna
published: january 2001
ISBN: 80-246-0109-5
recommended price: 240 czk

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Pierre Lévy, a French philosopher, focuses on the social and cultural aspects of cyberspace, rather than on its technical character. From a philosophical point of view he treats a range of urgent problems and challenges that present themselves to humanity as a result of recent revolutionary developments in the area of IT and telecommunications. Employing the example of various "user-friendly" systems he illustrates the unavoidable penetration of everyday life by informatics. At the same time he promotes these technologies and – with informed enthusiasm – declares them to offer humanity a promising new dimension.