num_pages: 552
description: Knowledge work is now the reigning business paradigm and affects even the world of higher education. But what perspective can the knowledge of the humanities and arts contribute to a world of knowledge work whose primary mission is business? And what is the role of information technology as both the servant of the knowledge economy and the medium of a new technological cool? In The Laws of Cool, Alan Liu reflects on these questions as he considers the emergence of new information technologies and their profound influence on the forms and practices of knowledge.
language: English
title: The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information
titlecomplete: The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information
genres: Theory, Philosophy, Cultural Studies, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 37
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: James Russell Lowell Prize
publisher: University of Chicago Press