Cargando…

When the Medium Was the Mission The Atlantic Telegraph and the Religious Origins of Network Culture.

""When the Medium Was the Mission" explores religious origins of network culture"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Supp-Montgomerie, Jenna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, 2021.
Colección:North American Religions Ser.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Divine Destiny of the Shrinking Planet
  • 1. What's the Matter with Networks? Spectacular Technology, US Mission, and Global Unity
  • 2. The Great Fizzle: Protestant Affect, Obsolete Telegraphs, and US Nationalism
  • 3. The End of Distance and the End of War: The Oneida Community and US Techno- Utopianism
  • 4. "Received but Not Intelligible": Signals and Infrastructuralist Meaning
  • Epilogue: Network Resonance
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author