Review by Choice Review
The volume comprises 27 essays by 35 authors from 15 countries--attesting to the span of influence of Rafael Capurro, a scholar of information ethics. Topics within the volume include the ethics of information; communications theory; social, economic, and political critiques of contemporary information-saturated society; and university education in library and information science. What loosely ties these diverse contributions together and to the scholar they honor is a hermeneutical and intellectual approach that draws on Capurro's "angeletics" as a framework for analyzing messages and communications. Angeletics has its distinct vocabulary and foundational works and highlights human intentionality in information. It is a philosophical alternative to information theory and signal processing likely more familiar to many in technical fields. This is not an introductory or a general readership collection; most essays make extensive use of theories from phenomenology, critical theory, and the works of Rafael Capurro. Readers without a background in these subjects should consult other works. Summing Up: Recommended. Faculty and professionals only. --David Bantz, University of Alaska
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Review by Choice Review