Golumbia, David. <br/><br/>
The Cultural Logic of Computation. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (268 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- 1. The Cultural Functions of Computation -- Part One: Computationalism and Cognition -- 2. Chomsky's Computationalism -- 3. Genealogies of Philosophical Functionalism -- Part Two: Computationalism and Language -- 4. Computationalist Linguistics -- 5. Linguistic Computationalism -- Part Three: Cultural Computationalism -- 6. Computation, Globalization, and Cultural Striation -- 7. Computationalism, Striation, and Cultural Authority -- Part Four: Computationalist Politics -- 8. Computationalism and Political Individualism -- 9. Computationalism and Political Authority -- Epilogue: Computers without Computationalism -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Golumbia, who worked as a software designer for more than ten years, argues that computers are cultural "all the way down"--that there is no part of the apparent technological transformation that is not shaped by historical and cultural processes, or that escapes existing cultural politics. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674053885 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Computers-Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA76 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.48/34