Information

Information: A Reader is a compelling read both for those familiar with the concept of information and those new to the field. Keen editorial intelligence suffuses each section and selection of the anthology, along with generous, insightful commentaries that reframe our understandings of these foundational texts. I found myself reading the book from cover to cover, revising my understanding of what I thought were familiar writings and happily surprised by textual juxtapositions that manifest the secret history of information. -- Jack W. Chen, coeditor of <i>Literary Information in China: A History</i> Information has famously been defined as something that makes a difference. This book, assembling critical readings from across numerous academic frontiers into a unified corpus, undoubtedly will make a significant difference, supporting innovative and important humanistic research around the topic of information for many years to come. -- Paul Duguid, coeditor of <i>Information: A Historical Companion</i> Superbly compiled, the reader brings together several clusters of important primary sources from diverse disciplinary perspectives including communication theory, philosophy, political science, media studies, and literary criticism. A number of unexpected juxtapositions emerge as a result, amounting to a remarkably coherent commentary-a master class-on the concept of information in the humanities. -- Dennis Yi Tenen, author of <i>Plain Text: The Poetics of Computation</i>