Cybernetic Revolutionaries
Technology and Politics in Allende's Chile
$78.92
- Paperback
342 pages
- Release Date
10 January 2014
Summary
A historical study of Chile’s twin experiments with cybernetics and socialism, and what they tell us about the relationship of technology and politics.In Cybernetic Revolutionaries, Eden Medina tells the history of two intersecting utopian visions, one political and one technological. The first was Chile’s experiment with peaceful socialist change under Salvador Allende; the second was the simultaneous attempt to build a computer system that would manage Chile’s economy. Neither vision was fu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262525961 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262525968 |
| Author: | Eden Medina |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 342 |
| Release Date: | 10 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm x 14mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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“This is indispensable reading for historians of Latin America and historians oftechnology alike.”.” – Suzanne Moone , American HistoricalReview
…Medina has written a wonderful, accessible book, a thorough examination of a project that generally serves as an enigmatic aside in other histories. At times it’s quite a romp, as befits a story with an extraordinary character like Beer at its heart. And it’s a splendid introduction to Beer’s thoughts, his ideals and the history of cybernetics.
—Icon MagazineThis is indispensable reading for historians of Latin America and historians of technology alike.
—Suzanne Moone, American Historical ReviewAbout The Author
Eden Medina
Eden Medina is Associate Professor of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington and the author of Cybernetic Revolutionaries- Technology and Politics in Allende’s Chile. She received the IEEE Life Member’s Prize in Electrical History in 2007 for her work on Chile’s experiments with cybernetics and socialism.
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