Alexander R. Galloway Associate Professor Department of Media, Culture, and Communication New York University   books articles software teaching bio contact   EVENT—Alberto Toscano will visit NYU on Sept 28 to give a lecture on his new book, Fanaticism: The Uses of an Idea. SEMINAR—This October I'll be teaching a week long seminar at the Public School NYC on French Theory Today--An Introduction to Possible Futures. TRANSLATION—Tiqqun's "Introduction to Civil War" is now available. Jason Smith and I collaborated on the translation. Join us for a celebratory book burning in Brooklyn on October 20th! TRANSLATION—I also translated a great little essay by François Laruelle on Hermes called "The Truth According to Hermes: Theorems on the Secret and Communication." It has just been published in the new issue of Parrhesia. ESSAY—My piece "The Unworkable Interface" has been published in German as Außer Betrieb: Das müßige Interface as part of the International Flusser Lecture booklet series. It is also available in English. BOOK REVIEW—Read my review of Mehdi Belhaj Kacem's book L'esprit du nihilisme.   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 Reviewed in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies 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 TRANSLATION   TIQQUN Introduction to Civil War Semiotext(e), 2010 Amazon.com book page distributors's book page Translated from the French by Alexander R. Galloway and Jason E. Smith.