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Informationen zum Autor Professor Scott Lash is the Director of the Centre for Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths College, as well as a a project leader in the Goldsmiths Media Research Programme. He is a leading name within sociology and cultural studies, has written numerous books and articles over the last twenty years, and is currently the managing editor for the journal Theory, Culture and Society . His main research in recent years has been in advocating and developing a new paradigm for the social sciences, the new mobilities paradigm Klappentext Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany and Japan, Lash and Urry show how restructuration after organized capitalism has its basis in increasingly reflexive social actors and organizations. The consequence is not only the much-vaunted 'postmodern condition' but also a growth in reflexivity. Zusammenfassung Developing a comparative analysis of the UK and US, the new Germany and Japan, Lash and Urry show how restructuration after organized capitalism has its basis in increasingly reflexive social actors and organizations. The consequence is not only the much-vaunted 'postmodern condition' but also a growth in reflexivity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction After Organized Capitalism PART ONE: ECONOMIES OF OBJECTS AND SUBJECTS Mobile Objects Reflexive Subjects PART TWO: ECONOMIES OF SIGNS AND THE OTHER Reflexive Accumulation Information Structures and Production Systems Accumulating Signs The Cultural Industries Ungovernable Spaces The Underclass and Impacted Ghettoes Mobile Subjects Migration in Comparative Perspective PART THREE: ECONOMIES OF SPACE AND TIME Post-Industrial Spaces Time and Memory PART FOUR: GLOBALIZATION AND MODERNITY Mobility, Modernity and Place Globalization and Localization Conclusion
