Digital Exposure - Postmodern Postcapitalism

Zusatztext "Raphael Sassower provides the reader with a bracing tour of the digital world that we all increasingly inhabit but which few others are in a better position to guide us through." - Steve Fuller! Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology! University of Warwick! UK Informationen zum Autor Raphael Sassower is Professor of Philosophy at University of Colorado, USA. His most recent publications include Popper's Legacy and Postcapitalism. Klappentext This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism and socialism can be mapped as postcapitalism onto this new world. "Raphael Sassower provides the reader with a bracing tour of the digital world that we all increasingly inhabit but which few others are in a better position to guide us through." - Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick, UK Zusammenfassung This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world! its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism and socialism can be mapped as postcapitalism onto this new world. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Digital Evolution in Postmodernity 2. Postcapitalism: Centralization, Decentralization, and Globalism 3. Political Economy: Freedom, Surveillance, and Entrepreneurship 4. Legality and Morality: Intellectual Property, Virtual Currency, and Corporate Responsibility

Table des matières

1. The Digital Evolution in Postmodernity 2. Postcapitalism: Centralization, Decentralization, and Globalism 3. Political Economy: Freedom, Surveillance, and Entrepreneurship 4. Legality and Morality: Intellectual Property, Virtual Currency, and Corporate Responsibility

Commentaire

"Raphael Sassower provides the reader with a bracing tour of the digital world that we all increasingly inhabit but which few others are in a better position to guide us through." - Steve Fuller, Auguste Comte Chair in Social Epistemology, University of Warwick, UK

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: R Sassower, R. Sassower, Raphael Sassower, Sassower R
• Edition: Palgrave UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 26.04.2013
• EAN: 9781137312396
• ISBN: 978-1-137-31239-6
• Pages: 93
• Thèmes: Palgrave Pivot; Palgrave Pivot
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Autres; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie; C, Media Studies, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Communication, Philosophy of Science, Social & political philosophy, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Sociology, general, Regional Studies, Social Philosophy, Philosophy and science, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Culture—Study and teaching, Social groups: religious groups & communities, economy;evolution;morality;research;socialism