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22%OFFCésar Rendueles - Sociophobia: Political Change in the Digital Utopia - 9780231175265 - V9780231175265
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Sociophobia: Political Change in the Digital Utopia

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Description for Sociophobia: Political Change in the Digital Utopia Hardback. Translator(s): Cleary, Heather. Series: Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPS; JFCA; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 454.
The great ideological cliche of our time, Cesar Rendueles argues in Sociophobia, is the idea that communication technologies can support positive social dynamics and improve economic and political conditions. We would like to believe that the Internet has given us the tools to overcome modernity's practical dilemmas and bring us into closer relation, but recent events show how technology has in fact driven us farther apart. Named one of the ten best books of the year by Babelia El Pais, Sociophobia looks at the root causes of neoliberal utopia's modern collapse. It begins by questioning the cyber-fetishist dogma that ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Series
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231175265
SKU
V9780231175265
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About César Rendueles
Cesar Rendueles is a professor of sociology at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Reviews for Sociophobia: Political Change in the Digital Utopia
The enthralling Sociophobia urges us to critically rethink certain fundamental terms of our times, such as cooperation, compromise, community, and participation, and it reminds us of the extent to which we are only partially rational beings-fragile, and wholly codependent.
Lucia del Moral Espin Revista Redes Rendueles's book transcends the national context in which it was written, and, without exaggeration, ... Read more

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