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ion may . . . be substituted for the leader, " or that a "common tendency" may ser... more ion may . . . be substituted for the leader, " or that a "common tendency" may serve as substitute, embodied in the figure of a "secondary leader. " The Nat ional Purpose, or Capitalism, or Communism, or simply Freedom �ay be such "abstractions" ; but they hardly seem to lend themselves to OBSOLESCENCE OF THE FREUDIAN CONCEPT OF MAN 53 libidinal identification. And we shall certainly be reluctant, in spite of the state of permanent mobilization,' to compare con­ temporary society with an army for which the commander-in­ chief would function as the unifying leader. There are, to be sure, enough leaders, and there are top leaders in every state, but none of them seems to fit the image required for Freud's hypothesis. At least in this respect, the attempt at a psychoana­ lytic theory of the masses appears untenable-here too, the con­ ception is obsolete. We seem to be faced with a reality which was envisaged only at the margin of psychoanalysi...

Educational Technology archive, 2001

EJ639553 - The World Wide Web, the Reorganization of Knowledge, and Liberal Arts Education.

What does a person need to know today to be a full-fledged, competent and literate member of the ... more What does a person need to know today to be a full-fledged, competent and literate member of the information society? As we witness not only the saturation of our daily lives with information organized and transmitted via information technology, but the way in which public issues and social life increasingly are affected by information-technology issues from intellectual property to privacy and the structure of work to entertainment, art and fantasy life the issue of what it means to be information-literate becomes more acute for our whole society. Should everyone take a course in creating a Web page, computer programming, TCP/IP protocols or multimedia authoring? Or are we looking at a broader and deeper challenge to rethink our entire educational curriculum in terms of information?

Ctheory, 1979

The dialogue with Marx's writings and theories that has been going on in Europe and North Ame... more The dialogue with Marx's writings and theories that has been going on in Europe and North America for the past few decades has had two aims : historical comprehension of Marx and the historical forces that he influenced and that invoke him, and the development of a framework for comprehending and acting on and in the present . It seems that the more deeply we understand Marx from outside the dogmatic traditions, both pro and contra, the more we can identify the assumptions, both philosophical and historical, that shaped his thought, and the more we discover the irrelevance of Marxism to our own situation . With less exaggeration, and with reference to the split in Marxian thought first identified by Lukics, the more Marxism is clarified and refined as a dialectical-critical method, the less the body of Marxian social, economic, and political theory seems useful for the orientation of social theory or political practice . Of course, Marxian theory is still applicable in a sense t...

The use of culturally prominent metaphors, symbols, archetypes, myths, and nan'ative patterns... more The use of culturally prominent metaphors, symbols, archetypes, myths, and nan'ative patterns as metadata is explored and analyzed as a method to facilitate the discovery and retrieval of infonnation and the integration of knowledge across both disciplinary and cultural boundaries in order to promote intellectual creativity and interdisciplinary innovation. The rationale for metaphorical and symbolic metadata is to be found in recognition of the role of metaphorical and analogical thinking in intellectual creativity as well as in limitations of classificatory and disciplinary subject languages and the ontologies on which they rest. A Universal Cultural Symbol Thesaurus is described as a potential enumerated subject language for a usable lexicon of metaphors and symbols that have cognitive connotations as well as cultural and psychological resonance. Such a thesaurus could be employed to classify and index information objects in a symbolic dimension that would complement and run ...

Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, 2012

Computers in Human Services, 1991

Computers in Human Services, 1991

Summary Small non-profit organizations that computerize their operations face a number of problem... more Summary Small non-profit organizations that computerize their operations face a number of problems because of their lack of financial resources and technically trained personnel. A group of computer consultants discuss typical experiences of computerization that bear on organizational and personnel issues, the organization's relation to consultants, and training. Factors emphasized are the importance of using informal computer champions; management involvement; obtaining second opinions on consultants' recommendations; paying consultants after satisfactory results are obtained; and training staff in small, incremental steps growing out of their job functions.

Computers in Human Services, 1991

Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning, 2004

Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, 1983

Abstract: This paper explores how, within the flow and its technology-enabled eradication or blur... more Abstract: This paper explores how, within the flow and its technology-enabled eradication or blurring of boundaries, individuals and groups create new workspaces, environments, and identities through constructing new, albeit provisional and porous boundaries. Following Manuel Castells’s observation that “wireless communication technologies diffuse the networking logic of social organization and social practice everywhere, to all contexts—on condition of being on the mobile Net”, we observe how people are dealing, from inside the flow, with technology-enabled boundary loss and, simultaneously constructing new, albeit porous boundaries to enact new workspaces, environments, and identities, as well as with the loss and refashioning of traditional “third places” (Oldenburg) occasioned by that boundary loss. As the flow surges through knowledge workers and citizens today through the increasing ubiquity of the Internet and mobile technologies, pre-flow workplaces, environments, and identities are being replaced by work-space-flows, liquid environments, and multiple co-existing identities. Keywords: Boundaries, Mobile, Technology, Workspace, Environments, Identities

THE Journal (Technological Horizons in …, 1992

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International Journal of Physical Distribution Logistics Management, 1991

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 1991

ion may . . . be substituted for the leader, " or that a "common tendency" may ser... more ion may . . . be substituted for the leader, " or that a "common tendency" may serve as substitute, embodied in the figure of a "secondary leader. " The Nat ional Purpose, or Capitalism, or Communism, or simply Freedom �ay be such "abstractions" ; but they hardly seem to lend themselves to OBSOLESCENCE OF THE FREUDIAN CONCEPT OF MAN 53 libidinal identification. And we shall certainly be reluctant, in spite of the state of permanent mobilization,' to compare con­ temporary society with an army for which the commander-in­ chief would function as the unifying leader. There are, to be sure, enough leaders, and there are top leaders in every state, but none of them seems to fit the image required for Freud's hypothesis. At least in this respect, the attempt at a psychoana­ lytic theory of the masses appears untenable-here too, the con­ ception is obsolete. We seem to be faced with a reality which was envisaged only at the margin of psychoanalysi...

Educational Technology archive, 2001

EJ639553 - The World Wide Web, the Reorganization of Knowledge, and Liberal Arts Education.

What does a person need to know today to be a full-fledged, competent and literate member of the ... more What does a person need to know today to be a full-fledged, competent and literate member of the information society? As we witness not only the saturation of our daily lives with information organized and transmitted via information technology, but the way in which public issues and social life increasingly are affected by information-technology issues from intellectual property to privacy and the structure of work to entertainment, art and fantasy life the issue of what it means to be information-literate becomes more acute for our whole society. Should everyone take a course in creating a Web page, computer programming, TCP/IP protocols or multimedia authoring? Or are we looking at a broader and deeper challenge to rethink our entire educational curriculum in terms of information?

Ctheory, 1979

The dialogue with Marx's writings and theories that has been going on in Europe and North Ame... more The dialogue with Marx's writings and theories that has been going on in Europe and North America for the past few decades has had two aims : historical comprehension of Marx and the historical forces that he influenced and that invoke him, and the development of a framework for comprehending and acting on and in the present . It seems that the more deeply we understand Marx from outside the dogmatic traditions, both pro and contra, the more we can identify the assumptions, both philosophical and historical, that shaped his thought, and the more we discover the irrelevance of Marxism to our own situation . With less exaggeration, and with reference to the split in Marxian thought first identified by Lukics, the more Marxism is clarified and refined as a dialectical-critical method, the less the body of Marxian social, economic, and political theory seems useful for the orientation of social theory or political practice . Of course, Marxian theory is still applicable in a sense t...

The use of culturally prominent metaphors, symbols, archetypes, myths, and nan'ative patterns... more The use of culturally prominent metaphors, symbols, archetypes, myths, and nan'ative patterns as metadata is explored and analyzed as a method to facilitate the discovery and retrieval of infonnation and the integration of knowledge across both disciplinary and cultural boundaries in order to promote intellectual creativity and interdisciplinary innovation. The rationale for metaphorical and symbolic metadata is to be found in recognition of the role of metaphorical and analogical thinking in intellectual creativity as well as in limitations of classificatory and disciplinary subject languages and the ontologies on which they rest. A Universal Cultural Symbol Thesaurus is described as a potential enumerated subject language for a usable lexicon of metaphors and symbols that have cognitive connotations as well as cultural and psychological resonance. Such a thesaurus could be employed to classify and index information objects in a symbolic dimension that would complement and run ...

Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies, 2012

Computers in Human Services, 1991

Computers in Human Services, 1991

Summary Small non-profit organizations that computerize their operations face a number of problem... more Summary Small non-profit organizations that computerize their operations face a number of problems because of their lack of financial resources and technically trained personnel. A group of computer consultants discuss typical experiences of computerization that bear on organizational and personnel issues, the organization's relation to consultants, and training. Factors emphasized are the importance of using informal computer champions; management involvement; obtaining second opinions on consultants' recommendations; paying consultants after satisfactory results are obtained; and training staff in small, incremental steps growing out of their job functions.

Computers in Human Services, 1991

Encyclopedia of Distributed Learning, 2004

Canadian Journal of Sociology / Cahiers canadiens de sociologie, 1983

Abstract: This paper explores how, within the flow and its technology-enabled eradication or blur... more Abstract: This paper explores how, within the flow and its technology-enabled eradication or blurring of boundaries, individuals and groups create new workspaces, environments, and identities through constructing new, albeit provisional and porous boundaries. Following Manuel Castells’s observation that “wireless communication technologies diffuse the networking logic of social organization and social practice everywhere, to all contexts—on condition of being on the mobile Net”, we observe how people are dealing, from inside the flow, with technology-enabled boundary loss and, simultaneously constructing new, albeit porous boundaries to enact new workspaces, environments, and identities, as well as with the loss and refashioning of traditional “third places” (Oldenburg) occasioned by that boundary loss. As the flow surges through knowledge workers and citizens today through the increasing ubiquity of the Internet and mobile technologies, pre-flow workplaces, environments, and identities are being replaced by work-space-flows, liquid environments, and multiple co-existing identities. Keywords: Boundaries, Mobile, Technology, Workspace, Environments, Identities

THE Journal (Technological Horizons in …, 1992

Google, Inc. (search), Subscribe (Full Service), Register (Limited Service, Free), Login. Search:... more Google, Inc. (search), Subscribe (Full Service), Register (Limited Service, Free), Login. Search: The ACM Digital Library The Guide. ...

International Journal of Physical Distribution Logistics Management, 1991

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, 1991