Manuel Castells
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 27. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7456-3277-3 (ISBN)
Description
First in-depth study of Manuell Castells pioneering work
Traces Castells thought from his work on urban change in the 1970s to his recent theories of global social transformations
Distills the central ideas in Castells work into an accessible and concise introduction for undergraduate students
Explores Castells writings on the network society, informational capitalism and democracy in crisis
Provides a critical analysis of Castells thought in relation to ongoing debates about globalization
Traces Castells thought from his work on urban change in the 1970s to his recent theories of global social transformations
Distills the central ideas in Castells work into an accessible and concise introduction for undergraduate students
Explores Castells writings on the network society, informational capitalism and democracy in crisis
Provides a critical analysis of Castells thought in relation to ongoing debates about globalization
Reviews / Votes
"Manuel Castells holds a well-deserved place at the centre of debates over the 'information age' that he helped to name. Felix Stalder offers a sustained and careful appraisal of Castells's work, both incisively critical at some points and generously acknowledging the quality of his achievement at others."David Lyon, Queens University, Ontario
"This book is a very beautiful model of how one mind engages with another: Felix Stalder has seized the essence of Manuel Castells's work and its immense relevance to our time. Daring to be positively critical, Stalder enlarges and also defines Castells's arguments. Thus the book multiplies Castells by Stalder and the result is an instant expansion of the mind of the reader."
Derrick DeKerckhove, University of Toronto
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7456-3277-3 (9780745632773)
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Person
Felix Stalder, University of Applied Arts Social Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
Content
Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1
1: Transformation of Baseline 1
Neo-Marxism and the Renewal of Urban Sociology 13
Technology and Social Change 20
Informationalism 28
Epistemology 33
The Politics of Research 38
2: Production 42
Postindustrialism 43
The Economic Crisis of the 1970s 46
Internationalization of the Economy 48
Global Financial Markets 50
The Network Enterprise 55
Individualization of Labor 61
Informational Capitalism: Critical Issues 65
3: Experience 75
Social movements as subjects of history 76
Social movements beyond the local 81
Social movements and the creation of identity 83
Two case studies 87
Social movements and the culture of real virtuality 99
4: The network state and informational politics 104
The theory of the state 106
The crisis of the nation-state 109
Informational politics 115
The reaffirmation of the state 118
The rise of the network state? 122
Power and networks 128
5: Flows and places 141
Castells's theory of space 142
The space of flows 145
The time of flows 155
Cities in the space of flows 162
6: The logic of networks 167
What is a network? 169
Informational networks 181
The network logic 185
Preeminence of morphology over action 196
Conclusion 199
Notes 207
Bibliography of Manuel Castells 224
Other References 241
Index 252
1: Transformation of Baseline 1
Neo-Marxism and the Renewal of Urban Sociology 13
Technology and Social Change 20
Informationalism 28
Epistemology 33
The Politics of Research 38
2: Production 42
Postindustrialism 43
The Economic Crisis of the 1970s 46
Internationalization of the Economy 48
Global Financial Markets 50
The Network Enterprise 55
Individualization of Labor 61
Informational Capitalism: Critical Issues 65
3: Experience 75
Social movements as subjects of history 76
Social movements beyond the local 81
Social movements and the creation of identity 83
Two case studies 87
Social movements and the culture of real virtuality 99
4: The network state and informational politics 104
The theory of the state 106
The crisis of the nation-state 109
Informational politics 115
The reaffirmation of the state 118
The rise of the network state? 122
Power and networks 128
5: Flows and places 141
Castells's theory of space 142
The space of flows 145
The time of flows 155
Cities in the space of flows 162
6: The logic of networks 167
What is a network? 169
Informational networks 181
The network logic 185
Preeminence of morphology over action 196
Conclusion 199
Notes 207
Bibliography of Manuel Castells 224
Other References 241
Index 252