The Rise of the Network Society: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture Volume I- - Couverture souple

Castells, Manuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405196866 ISBN 13 : 9781405196864

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

Synopsis

Book by Castells Manuel

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Reviews of the Second Edition:

"We live today in a period of intense and puzzling transformation, signalling perhaps a move beyond the industrial era altogether. Yet where are the great sociological works that chart this transition? Hence the importance of Manuel Castells′ multivolume work, in which he seeks to chart the social and economic dynamics of the information age . . . [It] is bound to be a major reference source for years to come." (Anthony Giddens, The Times Higher Education Supplement)

"Adam Smith explained how capitalism worked, and Karl Marx explained why it didn′t. Now the social and economic relations of the Information Age have been captured by Manuel Castells." (Wall Street Journal)

"So far, the person who has straddled the world of social theory and Silicon Valley most successfully is Manuel Castells. Castells enjoys a growing reputation as the first significant philosopher of cyberspace." (The Economist)

"A must–read." (Wired)

"This book goes a considerable way to helping us make sense of today′s global information economy and our place in it." (Financial Times)

Quatrième de couverture :

A little over a decade since its first publication, the hypotheses set out in Manuel Castells′ groundbreaking trilogy have largely been verified. In a substantial new preface to the first volume in the series, Castells demonstrates, in the light of major world trends, how the network society has now fully risen on a global scale.

The book discusses how the global economy is now characterized by the almost instantaneous flow and exchange of information, capital, and cultural communication. These flows order and condition both consumption and production. The networks themselves reflect and create distinctive cultures. Both they and the traffic they carry are largely outside national regulation. Our dependence on the new modes of informational flow gives enormous power to those in a position to control them to control us. The main political arena is now the media, and the media are not politically answerable.

Based on research in the USA, Asia, Latin America, and Europe, Castells, formulates a systematic theory of the information society and details the new social and economic developments brought by the Internet and the ′new economy′.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1405196866
• ISBN 13: 9781405196864
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 656