The Politics of Bitcoin

Informationen zum Autor   David Golumbia (1963–2023) taught in the English Department and the Media, Art, and Text PhD program at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was the author of The Cultural Logic of Computation and many articles on digital culture, language, and literary studies and theory. Klappentext "Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. [The author believes that] supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. [His book posits that] much of the economic and political thought on which this cryptocurrency is based emerges from ideas that travel the gamut, from Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises to Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists"--Provided by publisher. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive account of Bitcoin's underlying right-wing politics

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Golumbia
• Verlag: External catalogues_US
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.09.2016
• EAN: 9781517901806
• ISBN: 978-1-5179-0180-6
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 180 mm x 6 mm
• Serien: Forerunners: Ideas First; Forerunners: Ideas First
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Informatik, EDV; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung