About this title: This scholarly work examines how technology and mysticism overlap, specifically in the creation and impact of information technologies. By studying a wide range of seemingly divergent topics, such as mythology, technological history, and 60s counterculture, the author argues for a holistic approach to understanding technology's past, present, and ...
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Description: Good. 0517704153 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
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Description: Good. 1999-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. By Erik Davis; ISBN: 0517704153; Pub. : Harmony; Pub. Date: 1998-10-13; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 24.8 oz.; Ex-library item. Dust jacket has light edgewear. Surfaces of dust jacket are glossy. Usual library stamps and markings on covers and inside. First page has been removed. Binding is good. Pages have no marks, writing or highlighting. Pages show indication of light use. by Erik Davis; ISBN: 0517704153; Pub. : Harmony; Pub. Date: 1998-10-13; Media: Hardcover; Weight: 24.8 oz.; Ex ... read more
Description: Very Good. 0517704153 Condition: VERY GOOD. (Book may have one or a combination of the following characteristics: former library book, cover wear, name written inside cover, light underlining/highlighting, remainder mark, etc. Overall, the book is in solid shape. This is a blanket description. Please e us if you require a specific, detailed description of the book condition. We will typically respond within one week of your request). read more
Description: Good. 2005-Paperback-Cover shows minor shelf wear. ---Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780609804742ISBN:060980474X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Clean and solid throughout. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 368 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony Books, New York
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780517704158ISBN:0517704153
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. White covered boards with gold gilt on spine in fine condition. White dust jacket with black and gold lettering in very good condition. Two small closed tears on front cover. 353 pages. " Techgnosis probes our virtual future through the visionary lenses of the past: . read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1998-10-13
ISBN-13:9780517704158ISBN:0517704153
Description: Very Good in very good jacket. 1998 first edition, full number line, never read, not ex lib no remainder marks, dj has slight smudging, shelf wear, spine straight, pgs tight clean no markigns, deliv confirm u93209G new if not for dj flaws. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harmony
Date Published: 1st printing, 1998
ISBN-13:9780517704158ISBN:0517704153
Description: Very Good/Very Good hard cover. 8vo, boards, 353pp. edgewear, rubbing, wrinkles, scratches, dust jacket. owner name front end page. dogearring, clean and tight text. science. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: PROFILE BOOKS LTD Country = UNITED KINGDOM
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9781852427726ISBN:1852427728
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 372 pages. (435 pages) reveals the hidden mystical and religious impulses that animate our contemporary obsessions with media and technology. this book tells the story of the alchemical origins of electricity, the occult dimension of computer games, and the zen of cyber*n*e*t*ics. it reminds us of the irrational, dreamlike underside of our supposedly rational machines. (Paperback) read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: NY: Three Rivers Press / Random House, 1998
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780609804742ISBN:060980474X
Description: Very Good+ 353 pages, endnotes, index, printed card cover. Exploring the mystical impulses behind our obsession with information technology, Techgnosis presents a fascinating and passionately original perspective on technoculture. Light edge wear, ink gift inscription on front flyleaf page, IN STOCK. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Serpent's Tail, London
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781852426453ISBN:1852426454
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. x, 353 p.; 22 cm. Originally published: New York: Harmony, 1998. Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-345) and index. Like new soft cover, looks unread, all pages are fine. read more
"Emerson called Spiritualism,"the rat hole of revelation."
"Both religion and the occult derive much of their power from simultaneously stimulating and managing dread -- the anxieties that dog the perpetually shifting boundaries of the self, and especially the ultimate borderland of death..." Erik Davis."
Davis doesn't really pose a single hypothesis so much as gather and articulate the historical relationship between mysticism and technology.
This is one of those books that introduces you to all the left-field thinkers you need to have read. And it offers a compelling mythology about the nature of this monkey man -- we've been using tools to make better tools for so long... what are we really building?"
"perhaps dated at this point (with regard to the tech info) , but still an interesting read for anyone into the holistic science of occult interconnected-ness that has to be the science of this century if we're to have any shot...Davis is captivating."
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