{"product_id":"algorithms-and-subjectivity-the-subversion-of-critical-knowledge-hardcover","title":"Algorithms and Subjectivity: The Subversion of Critical Knowledge - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEran Fisher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this thought-provoking volume, Eran Fisher interrogates the relationship between algorithms as epistemic devices and modern notions of subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOver the past few decades, as the instrumentalization of algorithms has created knowledge that informs our decisions, preferences, tastes, and actions, and the very sense of who we are, they have also undercut, and arguably undermined, the Enlightenment-era ideal of the subject. Fisher finds that as algorithms enable a reality in which knowledge is created by circumventing the participation of the self, they also challenge contemporary notions of subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough four case-studies, this book provides an empirical and theoretical investigation of this transformation, analyzing how algorithmic knowledge differs from the ideas of critical knowledge which emerged during modernity - Fisher argues that algorithms create a new type of knowledge, which in turn changes our fundamental sense of self and our concept of subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will make a timely contribution to the social study of algorithms and will prove especially valuable for scholars working at the intersections of media and communication studies, internet studies, information studies, the sociology of technology, the philosophy of technology, and science and technology studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEran Fisher\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication at the Open University of Israel. He studies the link between digital media technology and society. His books include \u003cem\u003eMedia and New Capitalism in the Digital Age\u003c\/em\u003e (2010), \u003cem\u003eInternet and Emotions\u003c\/em\u003e (2014; co-edited with Tova Benski), and \u003cem\u003eReconsidering Value and Labour in the Digital Age\u003c\/em\u003e (2015; co-edited with Christian Fuchs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.38 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47213166625017,"sku":"9781032051949","price":118.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/UHYwMmd0Ky9MSUVkMWVnajBXVkhwUT09.webp?v=1768104218","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/algorithms-and-subjectivity-the-subversion-of-critical-knowledge-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}