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The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Exploit: A Theory of Networks
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Alexander R. Galloway
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By (author) Eugene Thacker
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Series | Electronic Mediations |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 137 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780816650446
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Classifications | Dewey:303.48 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
University of Minnesota Press
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Imprint |
University of Minnesota Press
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Publication Date |
1 October 2007 |
Publication Country |
United States
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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.
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