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The laws of cool : knowledge work and the culture of information /
Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of Cool, Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers the emergence of new information technologies and their profound influence on the forms and practices of knowledge. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 573 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-539) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226487007 0226487008 0226486982 9780226486987 1282901974 9781282901971 9786612901973 6612901977 |