Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking Paperback - 2012
by Coleman, E. Gabriella
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- Title Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking
- Author Coleman, E. Gabriella
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Condition UsedGood
- Pages 272
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2012
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 5D400000AH03_ns
- ISBN 9780691144610 / 0691144613
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.7 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.78 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Science/Technology Aspects
- Library of Congress subjects Computer hackers, Intellectual freedom
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012031422
- Dewey Decimal Code 174.900
From the rear cover
"Coleman knows, understands, and lives free culture. No one is more credible or more fascinating when describing the lives of the women and men whose mission is an open, free information age."--Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother and coauthor of The Rapture of the Nerds
"Coleman's book is definitive--everything in it is lovingly detailed, exhaustively researched, fluently written, and packed with provocative insights. A monument of scholarship, it combines the best of anthropology with an unconventional and fresh approach to law, political theory, and ethics. From the conference-going world of software programmers to the humor and pleasures of code-fu, and from the phantasms of free speech to the passion and pathos of technical committees, Coleman is an extraordinary guide to the world of contemporary hacking."--Christopher Kelty, University of California, Los Angeles
"Coleman's book on free and open source software programmers and hackers is desperately needed and will be a significant, landmark contribution to our understanding of the current technologically mediated moment. Coleman mixes case studies with learned treatments of this community, changes in the legal environment, and other relevant dimensions."--Thomas M. Malaby, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"This is a revelatory ethnographic look at the origins and evolution of the free and open source software subculture. Coleman provides entirely new insights into the humor, aesthetics, and social life of hackers, while exploring the philosophical implications of open source for ideas about personal freedom, labor, and markets. Coding Freedom is an essential study of the technological revolution of our times."--Joseph Masco, University of Chicago
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Citations
- Choice, 07/01/2013, Page 0