Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction: The Long Term; Section I -- Theories; 1 -- Values, Signs and Subjects; 2 -- Technology, Information and Reason; 3 -- The Poetics of Pessimism; 4 -- Making Sense of Simulation; Section II -- Cases; 5 -- Disney World Culture; 6 -- War in the Persian Gulf; 7 -- Working with Computers; Conclusion -- 8 -- Pessimism of the Intelect, Optimism of the Will; Annotated Bibliography of Further Reading; References; Index
Summary
Like the idea of ideology, simulation is a politial theory, but it has also become a deeply pessimistic theory of the end of history and the impossibility of positive change. Sean Cubitt argues for a critical and selective use of the concept
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-167) and index