From hacking to simulation: Periodizing digitally-inspired social theory

Karl Palmås

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2019, vol. 145, issue C, 105-112

Abstract: Interrogating the question of whether critique can be reimagined through inspiration from the world of digital computing and hacking, this article explores the work of four theorists who converged on that very topic in major texts published just after the turn of the millennium. Structured as a historical literature review, the article compares this body of theory with recent work by the same authors. The literature is, in turn, analyzed through the lens of a theoretical framework that stipulates that in any given “machinic era”, social theory tends to operationalize conceptual models abstracted from dominant technologies.

Keywords: Hacking; Simulation; Critique; Postcritique; Periodization; Digitalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2019.05.008

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