TechGnosis

TechGnosis
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Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Total Pages : 456
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ISBN-10 : 9781583949313
ISBN-13 : 1583949313
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Book Synopsis TechGnosis by : Erik Davis

Download or read book TechGnosis written by Erik Davis and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does our fascination with technology intersect with the religious imagination? In TechGnosis—a cult classic now updated and reissued with a new afterword—Erik Davis argues that while the realms of the digital and the spiritual may seem worlds apart, esoteric and religious impulses have in fact always permeated (and sometimes inspired) technological communication. Davis uncovers startling connections between such seemingly disparate topics as electricity and alchemy; online roleplaying games and religious and occult practices; virtual reality and gnostic mythology; programming languages and Kabbalah. The final chapters address the apocalyptic dreams that haunt technology, providing vital historical context as well as new ways to think about a future defined by the mutant intermingling of mind and machine, nightmare and fantasy.


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