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 lulls us into thinking our passive
relationship with technology plays a positive role in resolving
longstanding differences. Rendueles claims that the World Wide Web
has produced a diminished rather than augmented social reality. In
other words, it has lowered our expectations with respect to
political interventions and personal relations. In an effort to
correct this trend, Rendueles embarks on an ambitious reassessment
of our antagonistic political traditions to prove that
post-capitalism is not only a feasible, intimate, and friendly
system to strive for but also essential for moving past consumerism
and political malaise.
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics, and Culture |
| Release date: |
April 2017 |
| Authors: |
Cesar Rendueles
|
| Foreword by: |
Roberto Simanowski
|
| Translators: |
Heather Cleary
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
|
| Pages: |
200 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-17526-5 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
Spanish
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
| LSN: |
0-231-17526-4 |
| Barcode: |
9780231175265 |
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