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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| 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 |
| 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. |
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