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Author Cubitt, Sean, 1953-

Title Simulation and social theory / Sean Cubitt
Published London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (172 pages)
Series Theory, culture & society
Theory, culture & society (Unnumbered)
Contents 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
Notes English
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Subject Sociology -- Methodology.
Simulation methods.
simulation methods.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Simulation methods
Sociology -- Methodology
Cultuurfilosofie.
Theorievorming.
Simulatie.
Cultuurpessimisme.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780857026408
0857026402
9781446218686
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9781446236451
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9786612623257
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