Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information (Five Star Paperback)
Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information (Five Star Paperback) by Erik Davis
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 372
- ISBN:
- 1852427728
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- Serpent's Tail
- Publication Date:
- Nov. 12, 2004
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 136
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Reveals the hidden mystical and religious impulses that animate our contemporary obsessions with media and technology. This book tells the story of the alchemical origins of electricity, the occult dimension of computer games, and the Zen of cybernetics. It reminds us of the irrational, dreamlike underside of our supposedly rational machines.
Reviews for Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of Information (Five Star Paperback)
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Amazing Out-of-the-box view on our information age
Rated out of 5 stars, November 12th, 2001
Erik Davis manages to show us how much we have learned, how sophisticated we have become and yet how much we are still the same beings we were 2000 or 4000 years ago in mythological, social and philosophical terms. He manages to dissect mankind in a cyber-philosophical way to show amazing analogies between our modern civilization and the antique and medieval world.
In my opinion, Davis manages to proof that a few things have never changed, and he also explains why.
This book took some time for me to read - not because it is hard to read, (it is actually very entertaining) but every few pages I had to stop and think a lot...There is a few things you will see in a different light after reading Techgnosis.