Deliberate Confusion of Borders: On the Imaginary of Excess and Transgression in Cyberculture

This article examines the notions of excess and transgression in the discourses of cyberculture. The hypothesis defended is that the libertarian and revolutionary rhetoric of cyberutopianisms conceals, in reality, an essentially conservative worldview and marked by the myths of the progressive moder...

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Author: Felinto, Erick
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2008
Country:Brasil
Institution:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repository:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/3273
Online Access:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/3273
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Communication
Cyberculture
Transgression
Comunicação
Cibercultura
Transgressão
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Summary:This article examines the notions of excess and transgression in the discourses of cyberculture. The hypothesis defended is that the libertarian and revolutionary rhetoric of cyberutopianisms conceals, in reality, an essentially conservative worldview and marked by the myths of the progressive modernization.