Cibercultura : Informe al Consejo de Europa / Pierre Lévy ; prólogo de Manuel Medina ; traducción del francés y revisión técnica de Beatriz Campillo, Isabel Chacón y Florentino Martorana.

Translation of: Cyberculture. Rapport au Conseil de l'Europe dans le cadre du project "Nouvelles technologies : coopération culturelle et communication. Paris : O. Jacob, 1997.

Prólogo / Manuel Medina -- Nota introductoria -- I. ¿Las tecnologías tienen un impacto? -- II. La infraestructura técnica del mundo virtual -- III. Lo digital o la virtualización de la información -- IV. La interactividad -- V. El ciberespacio o la virtualización de la comunicación -- VI. Lo universal sin totalidad, esenciade la cibercultura . -- VII. El movimiento social de la cibercultura -- VIII. El sonido de la cibercultura -- IX. El arte de la cibercultura -- X. La nueva relación con el saber -- XI. Las mutaciones de la educación y la economía del saber -- XII. Los árboles de conocimientos, un instrumento para la inteligencia colectiva en la educación y la formación -- XIII. El ciberespacio, la ciudad y la democracia electrónica -- XIV. Conflictos de intereses y diversidad de puntos de vista -- XV. Crítica de la sustitución -- XVI. Crítica de la dominación -- XVII. Crítica de la crítica -- XVIII. Respuestas a algunas preguntas frecuentes - Conclusión: La cibercultura o la tradición simultánea.

"Needing guidance and seeking insight, the Council of Europe approached Pierre Lévy, one of the world's most important and well-respected theorists of digital culture, for a report on the state (and, frankly, the nature) of cyberspace. The result is this extraordinary document, a perfectly lucid and accessible description of cyberspace-from infrastructure to practical applications-along with an inspired, far-reaching exploration of its ramifications. A window on the digital world for the technologically timid, the book also offers a brilliant vision of the philosophical and social realities and possibilities of cyberspace for the adept and novice alike. In an overview, Lévy discusses the distinguishing features of cyberspace and cyberculture from anthropological, philosophical, cultural, and sociological points of view. An optimist about the future potential of cyberspace, he eloquently argues that technology-and specifically the infrastructure of cyberspace, the Internet-can have a transformative effect on global society. Some of the issues he takes up are new art forms; changes in relationships to knowledge, education, and training; the preservation of linguistic and cultural differences; the emergence and implications of collective intelligence; the problems of social exclusion; and the impact of new technology on the city and democracy in general. In considerable detail, Lévy describes the ways in which cyberspace will help promote the growth of democracy, primarily through the participation of individuals or groups. His analysis is enlivened by his own personal impressions of cyberculture-garnered from bulletin boards, mailing lists, virtual reality demonstrations, andsimulations. Immediate in its details, visionary in its scope, deeply informed yet free of unnecessary technical language, Cyberculture is the book we require in our digital age". -- From English edition.