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This book covers the work of Erik W. Aslaksen who continues to develop the view of society and its evolution published in earlier work – The Social Bond (Springer 2018), The Stability of Society (Springer 2020), and Measures of Social Evolution (Springer 2021), bringing together core material of that work with the results of recent investigations in order to present the evolution of society as an integrated and continuous story leading right up to the present time. A story of human action driven by our beliefs, desires, and an ideology arising out of our ability to transform and exploit our environment through the development and application of technology. The distinguishing feature of the work is the treatment of society as an information-processing system and applying the system methodology for handling complexity, as it is applied, e.g., in engineering. This focus on information is particularly pertinent in the current circumstances, where the world has arrived at a critical point in its history through the conjunction of a number of issues that appear to be spiralling out of control: Global warming and the associated climate change, the destruction of our environment through such processes as land clearing and industrialisation with associated loss of biodiversity, the rapidly increasing visibility of the inequality in the quality of life with associated tensions, and above all, the determination of the US-led Western alliance to cling to its hegemonial role, apparently at all cost. With the sophistication and proliferation of nuclear weapons, the latter has the potential to bring on the end of civilisation as we know it. The resolution of any of these issues depends on the information available to all parties involved, and hence, the availability and quality of information is seen as the crucial and overarching issue of the present time. A number of aspects of this issue, including the role of education, economic inequality, and the control of the media, are treated in some detail, and proposals for some small steps in the right direction are put forward.

Sociology --- Discrete mathematics --- Mathematics --- Classical mechanics. Field theory --- grafentheorie --- sociologie --- systeemtheorie --- dynamica --- Information society.

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Information society --- Information technology --- Computer science --- Computer science. --- Information society. --- Economic aspects --- Economic aspects. --- Business, Economy and Management --- Social Sciences --- Economics --- Developmental Issues & Socioeconomic Studies --- economic informatics --- information society --- information systems --- IT --- Sociology --- Information superhighway --- Informatics --- Science --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Knowledge management --- Information retrieval --- Computer. Automation --- Economic History --- it

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Communication and technology --- Communication --- Mass media --- Information society --- Communication and technology. --- Information society. --- Sociology --- Information superhighway --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Technology and communication --- Technology --- Media, Mass --- Media, The --- Political aspects --- Economic aspects --- Political aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- communication --- culture policy --- political economy --- information --- culture

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Networks of Outrage and Hope is an exploration of the new forms of social movements and protests that are erupting in the world today, from the Arab uprisings to the indignadas movement in Spain, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the social protests in Turkey, Brazil and elsewhere. While these and similar social movements differ in many important ways, there is one thing they share in common: they are all interwoven inextricably with the creation of autonomous communication networks supported by the Internet and wireless communication.In this new edition of his timely and important book, Manuel Castells examines the social, cultural and political roots of these new social movements, studies their innovative forms of self-organization, assesses the precise role of technology in the dynamics of the movements, suggests the reasons for the support they have found in large segments of society, and probes their capacity to induce political change by influencing people?s minds. Two new chapters bring the analysis up-to-date and draw out the implications of these social movements and protests for understanding the new forms of social change and political democracy in the global network society.Bron : http://www.amazon.com

Information technology --- Internet --- Information society. --- Information networks. --- Social movements. --- Technology and civilization. --- Social aspects. --- Information society --- Information networks --- Social movements --- Technology and civilization --- Social aspects --- Technologie de l'information --- Société informatisée --- Réseaux d'information --- Mouvements sociaux --- Technologie et civilisation --- Aspect social --- Informatietechnologie --- Politiek en maatschappij --- Sociale media --- Sociale bewegingen --- Activisme --- IT --- Politiek --- Sociale beweging --- Maatschappij --- Film --- Information technology - Social aspects --- Internet - Social aspects --- Social change

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"Hij is een origineel schrijver en denker en een geweldig stilist, met niet zelden een fijnzinnig gevoel voor humor. Hij maakt nieuwsgierig, zet aan tot denken en is kritisch op een zeer unieke manier." Zo beschreef de jury van de Heldringprijs 2018 het werk van Maxim Februari, schrijver van romans, verhalen, essays en columns waarin de grote thema's van deze tijd erudiet worden besproken, met oog voor de eigenaardigheden van het dagelijks leven. In 'De onbetrouwbare verteller' werpt Februari nieuw licht op zijn oude overtuigingen. Zijn kerngedachte is dat je de complexiteit van het bestaan niet kunt samenvatten in modellen en rationalisaties. Je kunt proberen greep te krijgen op de wereld door te praten en te schrijven, maar altijd ontgaat je de essentie. Nu, in deze nieuwe eeuw, wordt de woordcultuur vervangen door een rekencultuur. Die claimt het bestaan wel volledig te begrijpen en zelfs te kunnen voorspellen. Maar dat is bluf. 'De onbetrouwbare verteller' is een selectie eerder verschenen essays, columns en lezingen. Plus een kort verhaal, 'Razernij', waarin het psychologische portret wordt geschetst van een jongeman die onverwacht iets niet wil.

Dutch literature --- digitalisering --- ethiek --- filosofie --- Digital media --- Information society --- Privacy --- Reliability --- Power (Social sciences) --- Social ethics --- Empowerment (Social sciences) --- Political power --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Political science --- Social sciences --- Sociology --- Consensus (Social sciences) --- Social aspects --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Social psychology --- Secrecy --- Solitude --- Information superhighway --- Ethics --- Social problems