Fred Turner
From Counterculture to Cyberculture
Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism
Paper $140
ISBN: 9780226817422 Published May 2008
電腦、互聯網是現代人賴以溝通的工具。但在60年代的越戰及冷戰時期，電腦卻是公眾忌諱之物，因為這種發明當時普遍認為只能夠用於強化工業、軍事、器械等發展。直至90年代互聯網面世，電腦卻締造了一個虛擬的烏托邦，那是一個協作互利與分享的世界，這些正是60年代嬉皮士所追求的理念。
這是首本探討這個出乎意料的大轉變的讀物。作者深入追蹤Stewart Brand（六七十年代美國次文化期刊The Whole Earth Catalog創辦人）那三十年間的故事，看看他如何洞識先機，扭轉世界對電腦潛能的態度，帶領群眾從次文化，步向虛擬文化。
Mark C. Taylor
Confidence Games
Money and Markets in a World without Redemption
Paper $190
ISBN: 9780226791685 Published May 2008
It is a mark (sign might be a more apt term) of Taylor’s continuing provocations, and illuminations of postmodern religion, art, and the economy, that this insightful and illuminating book raises so many far-reaching questions.
– Mark Valeri, Journal of the American Acamdey of Religion
In Confidence Games, Mark C. Taylor shows that money and markets do not exist in a vacuum but grow in a profoundly cultural medium, reflecting and in turn shaping their world. To understand the recent changes in our economy, it is not enough to analyze the impact of politics and technology—one must consider the influence of art, philosophy, and religion as well.
