Future Histories by Lizzie O'shea
A highly engaging tour through progressive history in the service of emancipating our digital tomorrow.
Before we became big data bundles for the lackeys of Dorsey, Jobs, Zuckerberg, and Bezos, to exploit, the digital revolution seemed to promise a democratic utopia, a commons in cyberspace not governed by neoliberal normsCan we realize that revolutionary dream and stop desiring our own domination? Incredibly, yet thrillingly and plausibly, Lizzie O'Shea argues that, if only we can mobilize history to serve rather than enervate us, the answer is yes. -- Stuart Jeffries
A thought-provoking text for readers looking to approach the subject [of digital technologies] from a well-informed ... perspective. * Engineering and Technology Magazine *
Polemical and eclectic. * Choice *
There's plenry of history in Future Histories, but the perspective is polemical and eclectic: a pinch of socialism, a dash of anarchism, relentless strictures on digital misconduct, and, throughout, a salutary call to use technology to fulfill humanity's potential. -- T. P. Johnson * Choice *
In engaging, sparkling prose, O'Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. * New Books Network *
O'Shea's approach is avowedly episodic as she mines history for illuminating gems. -- Hettie O'brien * Times Literary Supplement *
This insightful, provocative book is an intellectual kaleidoscope that sits effortlessly at the crossroads between investigation, history and radical philosophy. * Victorian Premier's Literary Award panel *
A startlingly original book, one that belies comparison to most other books... Although it is not, I would argue, a fair expectation that writers who analyse or expose societal problems should also be the ones to prescribe the remedies to solve them, this hefty task is one that O'Shea takes on with aplomb and considerable skill. -- Ruby Hamad * Meanjin *
A thought-provoking text for readers looking to approach the subject [of digital technologies] from a well-informed ... perspective. * Engineering and Technology Magazine *
Polemical and eclectic. * Choice *
There's plenry of history in Future Histories, but the perspective is polemical and eclectic: a pinch of socialism, a dash of anarchism, relentless strictures on digital misconduct, and, throughout, a salutary call to use technology to fulfill humanity's potential. -- T. P. Johnson * Choice *
In engaging, sparkling prose, O'Shea shows us how very human our understanding of technology is, and what potential exists for struggle, for liberation, for art and poetry in our digital present. * New Books Network *
O'Shea's approach is avowedly episodic as she mines history for illuminating gems. -- Hettie O'brien * Times Literary Supplement *
This insightful, provocative book is an intellectual kaleidoscope that sits effortlessly at the crossroads between investigation, history and radical philosophy. * Victorian Premier's Literary Award panel *
A startlingly original book, one that belies comparison to most other books... Although it is not, I would argue, a fair expectation that writers who analyse or expose societal problems should also be the ones to prescribe the remedies to solve them, this hefty task is one that O'Shea takes on with aplomb and considerable skill. -- Ruby Hamad * Meanjin *
Lizzie O'Shea is a lawyer, writer, and broadcaster. She is regularly featured on national television programs and radio to comment on law, digital technology, corporate responsibility, and human rights, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, and The Sydney Morning Herald, among others.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781788734301 |
| ISBN 10 | 1788734300 |
| Title | Future Histories |
| Author | Lizzie O'shea |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2019-05-14 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Australia 2020 |
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