Mark Poster
| Full name | Mark S. Poster |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 July 1941 |
| Era | 20th / 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | Post-Structuralism · Marxism · Post-Marxism · Critical Theory · Media Studies |
| Main interests | Intellectual History · Mass Media · New Media |
| Notable ideas | Mode of Information |
Mark Poster (born 6 July 1941) is a Professor Emeritus of History, Film and Media Studies, and the Critical Theory Emphasis at UC Irvine. He received his Ph.D. from New York University in 1968, and his research interests include European Intellectual and Cultural History,[1] Existentialism, Marxism, Critical Theory, and Media Studies.
He is known for surveying the work of Lefebvre, Sartre and Foucault. He applies the ideas of these and other French theorists (including Baudrillard, Althusser, Baudrillard, Deleuze and Derrida) to digital new media of the late Twentieth and early Twenty-first century (including television, databases, hypertext and the Internet).
He seeks to politicize the issue of the use and development of the Internet by emphasizing the possibilities of the Internet for liberatory political change, while acknowledging the existence of a deep digital divide, as well as the interests of transnational corporations and national governments.[2]
[edit] Books
- The Utopian Thought of Restif de la Bretonne (1971)
- Existential Marxism in Postwar France: From Sartre to Althusser (1975)
- Critical Theory of the Family (1978)
- Sartre's Marxism (1982)
- Foucault, Marxism, and History: Mode of Production Versus Mode of Information (1985)
- Critical Theory and Poststructuralism: In Search of a Context (1989)
- The Mode of Information: Post-structuralism and Social Contexts (1990)
- The Second Media Age (1995). Chapter 2 available as Postmodern Virtualities
- What's the Matter with the Internet? (Electronic Mediations) (2001)
- The Information Subject (2001)
- Information Please: Culture and Politics in the Age of Digital Machines (2006)
- Deleuze and new technology. Edinburgh, 2009.
[edit] Notes
- ^ See reader's review of Existential Marxism in Postwar France by Nate Holdren June 24, 2000 on Amazon in External Links, below
- ^ Review of "Information Please" by Diana Bossio with response by Mark Poster
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Interview with Poster
- What's Left: Materialist responses to the internet by Poster
- See Reader Review of Existential Marxism in Postwar France by Nate Holdren on Amazon
