Cybernetic revolutionaries : technology and politics in Allende's Chile /

A historical study of Chile's twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics. In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The firs...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Medina, Eden, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2011.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
1970-1973
Government business enterprises > Computer networks > Chile.
Government ownership > Chile.
Cybernetics > Political aspects > Chile.
Entreprises publiques > Réseaux d'ordinateurs > Chili.
Nationalisations > Chili.
Cybernétique > Aspect politique > Chili.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > History.
Economic history
Government ownership
Politics and government
Datentechnik
Politik
Cybernetik > politiska aspekter.
Datakommunikation > politiska aspekter.
Politik och massmedia.
Kommunikation i politiken.
Chile > Politics and government > 1970-1973 > Case studies.
Chile > Economic conditions > 1970-1973 > Case studies.
Chili > Politique et gouvernement > 1970-1973 > Études de cas.
Chili > Conditions économiques > 1970-1973 > Études de cas.
Chile
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology
COMPUTER SCIENCE/Human Computer Interaction
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Technological and political visions
  • Cybernetics and socialism
  • cybernetics in the battle for production
  • Designing a network
  • Constructing the liberty machine
  • The October strike
  • Cybersyn goes public
  • Conclusion : technology, politics, history.

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