The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Contexts

Mark Poster's landmark work examines how information technologies are reshaping power, identity, and social relations in the postmodern age. Drawing on Foucault, Baudrillard, and Lyotard, this ambitious study argues that we've moved beyond the 'mode of production' to a 'mode of information' where databases, surveillance, and electronic communication fundamentally alter what it means to be human. Dense but rewarding, it's perfect for critical theorists, media scholars, and anyone grappling with how digital culture transforms political life.