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July 2005
6 x 9, 386 pp.
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0-262-70111-1
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978-0-262-70111-2

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The Second Self
Computers and the Human Spirit, Twentieth Anniversary Edition
Sherry Turkle

Acknowledgmentsix
Introduction to the MIT Press Edition (2004)
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Introduction (1984): The Evocative Object
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Part I: Growing Up with Computers: The Animation of the Machine
1Child Philosophers: Are Smart Machines Alive?33
2Video Games and Computer Holding Power65
3Child Programmers: The First Generation91
4Adolescence and Identity: Finding Yourself in the Machine131
Part II: The New Computer Cultures: The Mechanization of the Mind
5Personal Computers with Personal Meanings155
6Hackers: Loving the Machine for Itself183
7The New Philosophers of Artificial Intelligence: A Culture with Global Aspirations219
Part III: Into a New Age
8Thinking of Yourself as a Machine247
9The Human Spirit in a Computer Culture279
Epilogue (2004): Changing the Subject and Finding the Object287
Appendixes
AOn Method: A Sociology of Sciences of Mind303
BChildren's Psychological Discourse: Methods and Data Summary313
Notes323
Index
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