{"product_id":"the-anarchist-in-the-library-how-the-clash-between-freedom-and-control-is-hacking-the-real-world-and-crashing-the-system-paperback","title":"The Anarchist in the Library: How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSiva Vaidhyanathan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs, the debate over information technology in our lives has revolved around a single question: How closely do we want cyberspace to resemble the real world? Siva Vaidhyanathan enters this debate with a seminal insight: While we've been busy debating how to make cyberspace imitate the world, the world has been busy imitating cyberspace. More and more of our social, political, and religious activities are modeling themselves after the World Wide Web.Vaidhyanathan tells us the key information structure of our time, and the key import from cyberspace into the world, is the \"peer-to-peer network.\" Peer-to-peer networks have always existed -- but with the rise of electronic communication, they are suddenly coming into their own. And they are drawing the outlines of a battle for information that will determine much of the culture and politics of our century, affecting everything from society to terrorism, from religion to the latest social fads. \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist in the Library\u003c\/i\u003e is a radically original look at how this battle defines one of the major fault lines of twenty-first-century civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSiva Vaidhyanathan\u003c\/b\u003e, a cultural historian and media scholar, is Director of Communication Studies and an Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University. His research has been profiled on National Public Radio, CNN, International Herald-Tribune Television, and Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.98 x 6.82 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42201141346384,"sku":"9780465089857","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/OWZ2WXE3UjZjR1I3S2Z4SU9kbGZSZz09.webp?v=1775274744","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-anarchist-in-the-library-how-the-clash-between-freedom-and-control-is-hacking-the-real-world-and-crashing-the-system-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}