The Exploit: A Theory of Networks

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Alexander R. Galloway
By (author) Eugene Thacker
SeriesElectronic Mediations
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 137
ISBN/Barcode 9780816650446
ClassificationsDewey:303.48
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Imprint University of Minnesota Press
Publication Date 1 October 2007
Publication Country United States

Description

Borrowing their title from the hacker term for a program that takes advantage of a flaw in a network system, Alexander R. Galloway and Eugene Thacker challenge the widespread assumption that networks are inherently egalitarian. Instead, they contend that there exist new modes of control entirely native to networks, modes that are at once highly centralized and dispersed, corporate and subversive. In this provocative book-length essay, Galloway and Thacker argue that a whole new topology must be invented to resist and reshape the network form, one that is as asymmetrical in relationship to networks as the network is in relation to hierarchy.