Alexander R. Galloway Associate Professor Department of Media, Culture, and Communication New York University   books articles software teaching bio contact   TALKS—Please join me in February for the following talks: Feb 1, 8pm, "Re-Imagining the City as Revolutionary Utopia," ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn Feb 5, 1pm, colloquium for the Dedication of the Feminist Theory Papers, Brown University Feb 18, 6pm, "Philosophy and Games," NYU Game Center Feb 24, 3pm, on media archeology for the DeRoy Lecture Series, Wayne State University Feb 26-27, symposium on the Material and the Code, University of Chicago BOOK REVIEW—A review of Mehdi Belhaj Kacem's book L'esprit du nihilisme. TRANSLATION—I'm happy to announce Semiotexte as the publisher of Tiqqun's "Introduction to Civil War." This is my first book-length translation (French to English), done collaboratively with the very talented Jason Smith, as well as the first Tiqqun book available in English. The volume will also include Tiqqun's short, verse manifesto "How Is It to Be Done?" It will be out in Spring 2010.   BOOKS Slide show   THE EXPLOIT — A Theory of Networks cowritten with Eugene Thacker University of Minnesota Press, 2007 Amazon.com book page publisher's book page Google Books "The Exploit is that rare thing: a book with a clear grasp of how networks operate that also understands the political implications of this emerging form of power. It cuts through the nonsense about how 'free' and 'democratic' networks supposedly are, and it offers a rich analysis of how network protocols create a new kind of control. Essential reading for all theorists, artists, activists, techheads, and hackers of the Net." —McKenzie Wark, author of A Hacker Manifesto Reviewed by Tiziana Terranova in Radical Philosophy Reviewed by T'ai Smith in Art Journal Reviewed at the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies Slide show   GAMING — Essays on Algorithmic Culture University of Minnesota Press, 2006 Amazon.com book page publisher's book page Google Books "This is contemporary media theory at its best." —Lev Manovich, author of The Language of New Media Reviewed at the Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies Reviewed at Rhizome.org Reviewed by author Steven Shaviro Reviewed by author Nick Montfort Reviewed at Gameology.org Interviewed by Paul Johnson on WPS1 radio Slide show   PROTOCOL — How Control Exists After Decentralization MIT Press, 2004 Amazon.com book page publisher's book page Google Books Download: Chapter One, Index "An engaging methodological hybrid of the Frankfurt School and UNIX for Dummies... Galloway brings the uncool question of morality back into critical thinking" (more) —Ed Halter in The Village Voice "Expressing some startling new lines of thought with refreshingly straightforward clarity, Galloway reminds all of us why thinking about networks and their protocols is so relevant to our time. From FTP to fluxus or Deleuze to DNS, these are the connections that need to be made between the models competing to be our reality." —Douglas Rushkoff, author of Media Virus, Coercion, and Nothing Sacred