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*5050 $aThe subject of the interface -- The interface as form of relation -- Between faces and facing between -- The interface and the surface -- Toward a theory of the interface -- Janus and Jupiter -- Control and power -- The interface and the apparatus -- The interface and the game -- The interface and the machine -- Separation and augmentation -- Mimicry in the game and the interface -- The forming of the interface -- The interface as that which defines the fluid -- Turbulence and control -- The exacting of turbulence -- The demons on the threshold -- Theories of the vortex -- Information and entropy -- Governance and reciprocity -- The interface and teleology -- The turbine as superimposition of fluid and machine -- The vertiginous moment of interface -- The augmentation of the interface -- A genius of augmentation -- The tacit knowing of the interface -- Singularity -- Symbiosis -- System -- Positioning.
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A cultural theory of the interface as a relation that is both ubiquitous and elusive, drawing on disciplines from cultural theory to architecture. In this book, Branden Hookway considers the interface not as technology but as a form of relationship with technology. The interface, Hookway proposes, is at once ubiquitous and hidden from view. It is both the bottleneck through which our relationship to technology must pass and a productive encounter embedded within the use of technology. It is a site of contestation-between human and machine, between the material and the social, between the political and the technological-that both defines and elides differences.
A virtuoso in multiple disciplines, Hookway offers a theory of the interface that draws on cultural theory, political theory, philosophy, art, architecture, new media, and the history of science and technology. He argues that the theoretical mechanism of the interface offers a powerful approach to questions of the human relationship to technology. Hookway finds the origin of the term interface in nineteenth-century fluid dynamics and traces its migration to thermodynamics, information theory, and cybernetics. He discusses issues of subject formation, agency, power, and control, within contexts that include technology, politics, and the social role of games. He considers the technological augmentation of humans and the human-machine system, discussing notions of embodied intelligence.
Hookway views the figure of the subject as both receiver and active producer in processes of subjectification. The interface, he argues, stands in a relation both alien and intimate, vertiginous and orienting to those who cross its threshold.

• Prefacep. ix
• Acknowledgementp. xi
• The Subject of the Interface
• The interface as form of relationp. 1
• Between faces and facing betweenp. 7
• The interface and the surfacep. 12
• Toward a theory of the interfacep. 15
• Janus and Jupiterp. 19
• Control and powerp. 24
• The interface and the apparatusp. 26
• The interface and the gamep. 32
• The interface and the machinep. 3
• Separation and augmentationp. 46
• Mimicry in the game and the interfacep. 53
• The Forming of the interfacep. 59
• The interface as the which defines the fluidp. 59
• Turbulence and controlp. 67
• The exacting of turbulencep. 75
• The demon on the thresholdp. 81
• Theories of the vortexp. 89
• Information and entropyp. 94
• Governance and reciprocityp. 98
• The interface and teleologyp. 104
• The turbine as superimposition of fluid and machinep. 110
• The vertiginous moment of interfacep. 114
• The Augmentation of the Interfacep. 121
• A genius of augmentationp. 121
• The tacit knowing of the interfacep. 123
• Singularityp. 129
• Symbiosisp. 135
• Systemp. 140
• Positioningp. 148
• Notesp. 157
• Indexp. 173