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The Anarchist in the Library

How the Clash Between Freedom and Control Is Hacking the Real World and Crashing the System

Siva Vaidhyanathan author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Basic Books

Published:11th May '05

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The Anarchist in the Library is the first guide to one of the most important cultural and economic battlegrounds of our increasingly plugged-in world. Siva Vaidhyanathan draws the struggle for information that will determine much of the culture and politics of the twenty-first century: anarchy or oligarchy, total freedom vs. complete control. His acclaimed book explores topics from unauthorized fan edits of Star Wars to terrorist organizations' reliance on leaderless resistance," from Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs.

"Erudite, eloquent, imaginative and personable all at once, The Anarchist in the Library will become not only the ur-text in an increasingly important field, but also the one that is certainly the most fun to read". Eric Alterman, author of What Liberal Media?"

ISBN: 9780465089857

Dimensions: 140mm x 214mm x 16mm

Weight: 306g

272 pages