The anarchist in the library : how the clash between freedom and control is hacking the real world and crashing the system /
Siva Vaidhyanathan.
- New York : Basic Books, 2005, c2004.
- xvii, 253 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-243) and index.
Public noises -- The ideology of peer-to-peer -- Hacking the currency -- The peer-to-peer revolution and the future of music -- A work in progress or the final edit? -- Imagineering -- Culture as anarchy -- The perfect library -- The anarchy and oligarchy of science and math -- The nation state versus networks -- The empire strikes back -- Conclusion : the heartbreak of oligarchy and anarchy.
0465089852 (pbk.)
Information technology--Social aspects. Information technology--Political aspects. Internet--Social aspects. Internet--Political aspects. Information society.