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9781501746567

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English

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2 Mo

"For the master's tools," the poet Audre Lorde wrote, "will never dismantle the master's house." Dismantlings is a study of literary, political, and philosophical critiques of the utopian claims about technology in the Long Seventies, the decade and a half before 1980. Following Alice Hilton's 1963 admonition that the coming years would bring humanity to a crossroads-"machines for HUMAN BEINGS or human beings for THE MACHINE"-Matt Tierney explores wide-ranging ideas from science fiction, avant-garde literatures, feminist and anti-racist activism, and indigenous eco-philosophy that may yet challenge machines of war, control, and oppression.Dismantlings opposes the language of technological idealism with radical thought of the Long Seventies, from Lorde and Hilton to Samuel R. Delany and Ursula K. Le Guin to Huey P. Newton, John Mohawk, and many others. This counter-lexicon retrieves seven terms for the contemporary critique of technology: Luddism, a verbal and material combat against exploitative machines; communion, a kind of togetherness that stands apart from communication networks; cyberculture, a historical conjunction of automation with racist and militarist machines; distortion, a transformative mode of reading and writing; revolutionary suicide, a willful submission to the risk of political engagement; liberation technology, a synthesis of appropriate technology and liberation theology; and thanatopography, a mapping of planetary technological ethics after Auschwitz and Hiroshima. Dismantlings restores revolutionary language of the radical Long Seventies for reuse in the digital present against emergent technologies of exploitation, subjugation, and death.

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Publié par

Cornell University Press

Date de parution

15 décembre 2019

EAN13

9781501746567

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

DISMANTLINGS

WORDS AGAI NST MACHI NES I N T HE AME RI CAN LONG SE VE NT I ES

M at t Ti e r n e y

CORNELLUNIVERSITYPRESSIthaca and London

All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. Visit our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. Cornell University Press and the author have made goodfaith efforts to secure permissions for previously published materials where appropriate. Rights holders who wish to do so can contact Cornell University Press at the address noted above.

First published 2019 by Cornell University Press

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Names: Tierney, Matt, 1976– author. Title: Dismantlings : words against machines in the American long seventies / Matt Tierney. Description: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2019020281 (print) | LCCN 2019021276 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501746772 (epub/mobi) | ISBN 9781501746567 (pdf ) | ISBN 9781501746413 | ISBN 9781501746413 (cloth : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: United States—Civilization—1970– | Technology—Social aspects—United States—History— 20th century. | Radicalism—United States—History— 20th century. | American literature—20th century— History and criticism. | Technology in literature. Classification: LCC E169.12 (ebook) | LCC E169.12 .T557 2019 (print) | DDC 973.92—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019020281 Cover illustration:Ludditeby Ian Miller (ianmiller.org). Used by permission of the artist.

Forstudents,again

examinetheheartofthosemachinesyouhatebefore you discard them and never mourn the lack of their power —Audre Lorde (1973)

technology is freedom’s other name when —a meadowlark comes sailing across my windshield —Carter Revard (1976)

Contents

Introduction: For the Sake of Survival1.Luddism2.Communion3.Cyberculture4.Distortion5. Revolutionary Suicide6. Liberation Technology7.ThanatopographyConclusion:AmericanCarnageandTechnologies of Tomorrow

Acknowledgments179 Notes181 Works Cited199 Permissions209 Index213

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