| Description |
x, 255 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Key contemporary thinkers |
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Key contemporary thinkers (Cambridge, England)
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| Contents |
1: Transformation of baselines -- Neo-Marxism and the renewal of urban sociology -- Technology and social change -- Informationalism -- Epistemology -- The politics of research -- 2: Production -- Postindustrialism -- The economic crisis of the 1970s -- Internationalization of the economy -- Global financial markets -- The network enterprise -- Individualization of labor -- Informational capitalism: critical issues -- 3: Experience -- Social movements as subjects of history -- Social movements beyond the local -- Social movements and the creation of identity -- Two case studies -- Social movements and the culture of real virtuality -- 4: The network state and informational politics -- The theory of the state -- The crisis of the nation-state -- Informational politics -- The reaffirmation of the state -- The rise of the network state? -- Power and networks -- 5: Flows and places -- Castells's theory of space -- The space of flows -- The time of flows -- Cities in the space of flows -- 6: The logic of networks -- What is a network? -- Informational networks -- The network logic -- Preeminence of morphology over action |
| Summary |
"This book provides the first complete study of Castells's theory of the network society. It is a critical examination of his account of "informational capitalism," of global social movements as the source of new values, and of networked governance. Felix Stalder also provides an original and in-depth account of the theory of the "space of flows" and of Castells's particular notion of the network." "The book serves as both an excellent introduction to Castells's wide-ranging theories and an innovative critique which contributes to ongoing debates in the field. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars in sociology, politics, geography and the social sciences generally."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [224]-251) and index |
| Subject |
Castells, Manuel, 1942-
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Sociology.
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| Author |
Castells, Manuel, 1942-
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| LC no. |
2006276412 |
| ISBN |
0745632769 (hbk.) |
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0745632777 (paperback) |
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