THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF VIRTUAL REALITY, KROKER & WEINSTEIN
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PROGRAMME NOTE: Arthur Kroker and Michael A. Weinstein give a Kafka-esque vision of the effects
of the electronic environment upon the human self. In its satirical drive, it
resembles the outrageous proposal to eat children found in Jonathan Swift's
MODEST PROPOSAL. The work of Kroker and Weinstein gives us compelling reason to
be dissatisfied--if not outraged--at the consequences of postmodern conditions.
Works such as this suggest that a resolution of postmodern dilemmas can emerge
from the intensive analysis of the postmodern itself. This text is 57 pages
long.
The
Political Economy of Virtual Reality, by Arthur Kroker and Michael A.
Weinstein.
24 November 1995
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