The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism - Couverture souple

Golumbia, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1517901804 ISBN 13 : 9781517901806

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2016

Synopsis

Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. The Politics of Bitcoin exposes how much of the economic and political thought on which this cryptocurrency is based emerges from ideas that travel the gamut, from Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises to Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Golumbia (1963-2023) taught in the English Department and the Media, Art, and Text PhD program at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was the author of The Cultural Logic of Computation and many articles on digital culture, language, and literary studies and theory.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1517901804
• ISBN 13: 9781517901806
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 100
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• Personne responsable: non disponible