Theodore Roszak
Biographic Data
| ID | 306356 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Theodore Roszak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Theodore |
| FAMILY NAME | Roszak |
| SIGNATURE | ROSZAK T |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Écopsychologie
The Cult of Information
As we devote ever-increasing resources to providing, or prohibiting, access to information via computer, Theodore Roszak reminds us that voluminous information does not necessarily lead to sound thinking. Data glut obscures basic questions of justice and purpose and may even hinder rather than enhance our productivity. In this revised and updated edition of The Cult of Information, Roszak reviews the disruptive role the computer has come to play …
Cult of Information
&s;Today,&s; a leading telecommunications firm announces in an imposing full-page advertisement, information is the most valuable commodity in business. As information theory has come to be widely applied in our high tech economy, it has had a twofold impact upon our popular culture. First of all, once &s;information&s; had been divorced from its conventional meaning, the word was up for grabs. Secondly, information theory worked. In its own fiel…
Person/Planet
Unfinished Animal
Where the Wasteland Ends
The Dissenting Academy
Where the Wasteland Ends
The Making of a Counter Culture
The Age of Protest
Feedback from our readers
The Cult of Information
As we devote ever-increasing resources to providing, or prohibiting, access to information via computer, Theodore Roszak reminds us that voluminous information does not necessarily lead to sound thinking. Data glut obscures basic questions of justice and purpose and may even hinder rather than enhance our productivity. In this revised and updated edition of The Cult of Information, Roszak reviews the disruptive role the computer has come to play …
Feedback from our readers
The Making of a Counter Culture
The Age of Protest
Where the Wasteland Ends
The Dissenting Academy
Where the Wasteland Ends
Unfinished Animal
Person/Planet
Cult of Information
&s;Today,&s; a leading telecommunications firm announces in an imposing full-page advertisement, information is the most valuable commodity in business. As information theory has come to be widely applied in our high tech economy, it has had a twofold impact upon our popular culture. First of all, once &s;information&s; had been divorced from its conventional meaning, the word was up for grabs. Secondly, information theory worked. In its own fiel…
The Cult of Information
As we devote ever-increasing resources to providing, or prohibiting, access to information via computer, Theodore Roszak reminds us that voluminous information does not necessarily lead to sound thinking. Data glut obscures basic questions of justice and purpose and may even hinder rather than enhance our productivity. In this revised and updated edition of The Cult of Information, Roszak reviews the disruptive role the computer has come to play …
Écopsychologie
Political science (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Cult (2 works) · Environmental ethics (2 works)