The Interface Effect

by Alexander R. Galloway

Book Overview

Interfaces are back, or perhaps they never left. The familiar Socratic conceit from the Phaedrus, of communication as the process of writing directly on the soul of the other, has returned to center stage in today's discussions of culture and media. Indeed Western thought has long construed media as a grand choice between two kinds of interfaces. Following the optimistic path, media seamlessly interface self and other in a transparent and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745662528
• ISBN13: 9780745662527
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"