| The Power of Identity: The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture Volume II (Information Age Series) |  | Author: Manuel Castells
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 600,505
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd Edition with a New Preface
Pages: 584
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 1405196874
EAN: 9781405196871
ASIN: 1405196874
Publication Date: December 29, 2009
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Product Description
In this second volume of The Information Age trilogy, with an extensive new preface following the recent global economic crisis, Manuel Castells deals with the social, political, and cultural dynamics associated with the technological transformation of our societies and with the globalization of the economy.- Extensive new preface examines how dramatic recent events have transformed the socio-political landscape of our world
- Applies Castells’ hypotheses to contemporary issues such as Al Qaeda and global terrorist networks, American unilateralism and the crisis of political legitimacy throughout the world
- A brilliant account of social, cultural, and political conflict and struggle all over the world
- Analyzes the importance of cultural, religious, and national identity as sources of meaning for people, and its implications for social movement
- Throws new light on the dynamics of global and local change
Amazon.com Review
In the second volume of his Information Age trilogy, Manuel Castells examines the threat posed to the nation-state by the rise of collective "resistance identities," which may over time develop into "project identities" with specific socially transformative goals in mind. His scope is broad, encompassing everything from Mexico's Zapatista movement to the rise of militias in the United States to broader antipatriarchal projects launched by feminists, gay communities, and environmental activists. Castell's dry academic style may be distancing to some readers; Benjamin R. Barber's Jihad vs. McWorld provides a similar argument (with equal intellectual rigor) in slightly more accessible prose.
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