The Resource The transparency society, Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler
The transparency society, Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler
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- Summary
- "Transparency is the order of the day. It is a term, a slogan, that dominates public discourse about corruption and freedom of information. Considered crucial to democracy, it touches our political and economic lives as well as our private lives. Anyone can obtain information about anything. Everything -and everyone- has become transparent: unveiled or exposed by the apparatuses that exert a kind of collective control over the post-capitalist world. For transparency has a dark side that, ironically, has everything to do with a lack of mystery, shadow, and nuance. Behind the apparent accessibility of knowledge lies the disappearance of privacy, homogenization, and the collapse of trust. The anxiety to accumulate ever more information does not necessarily produce more knowledge or faith. Technology creates the illusion of total containment and constant monitoring of information, but what we lack is adequate interpretation of the information. In this manifesto, Byung-Chul Han denounces transparency as a false ideal, the strongest and most pernicious of our contemporary mythologies."--
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- viii, 58 pages
- Note
- Translation of: Transparenzgesellschaft
- Contents
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- The society of positivity
- The society of exhibition
- The society of evidence
- The society of pornography
- The society of acceleration
- The society of intimacy
- The society of information
- The society of unveiling
- The society of control
- Isbn
- 9780804794602
- Label
- The transparency society
- Title
- The transparency society
- Statement of responsibility
- Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- "Transparency is the order of the day. It is a term, a slogan, that dominates public discourse about corruption and freedom of information. Considered crucial to democracy, it touches our political and economic lives as well as our private lives. Anyone can obtain information about anything. Everything -and everyone- has become transparent: unveiled or exposed by the apparatuses that exert a kind of collective control over the post-capitalist world. For transparency has a dark side that, ironically, has everything to do with a lack of mystery, shadow, and nuance. Behind the apparent accessibility of knowledge lies the disappearance of privacy, homogenization, and the collapse of trust. The anxiety to accumulate ever more information does not necessarily produce more knowledge or faith. Technology creates the illusion of total containment and constant monitoring of information, but what we lack is adequate interpretation of the information. In this manifesto, Byung-Chul Han denounces transparency as a false ideal, the strongest and most pernicious of our contemporary mythologies."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- CSt/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Han, Byung-Chul
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Butler, Erik
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Social control
- Transparency
- Self-disclosure
- Freedom of information
- Internet
- Label
- The transparency society, Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler
- Note
- Translation of: Transparenzgesellschaft
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- The society of positivity -- The society of exhibition -- The society of evidence -- The society of pornography -- The society of acceleration -- The society of intimacy -- The society of information -- The society of unveiling -- The society of control
- Control code
- FIEb17752449
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 58 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804794602
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908990567
- Label
- The transparency society, Byung-Chul Han ; translated by Erik Butler
- Note
- Translation of: Transparenzgesellschaft
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- The society of positivity -- The society of exhibition -- The society of evidence -- The society of pornography -- The society of acceleration -- The society of intimacy -- The society of information -- The society of unveiling -- The society of control
- Control code
- FIEb17752449
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- viii, 58 pages
- Isbn
- 9780804794602
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908990567
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