The Hypercomplex Society (Paperback)

Should today's society be termed an « information or a « network society? This book provides an alternative choice--the hypercomplex society, which is a critical, complex-theoretical understanding of society whose growing level of social complexity represents the basic challenge of our current society. This original understanding of society is presented through a historical analysis of the emergence of the current state of hypercomplexity and polycentrism. The functioning of communication, mass media, and the public sphere in the hypercomplex society is also analyzed and the Internet is characterized as a communication infrastructure particularly shaped by the hypercomplex society. The book concludes with a cultural self-observation of the hypercomplex society.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Digital Formations, 5
Release date:	May 2003
Authors:	Lars Qvortrup
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-5704-8
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > Specific skills > Speaking / pronunciation skills > Public speaking / elocution
LSN:	0-8204-5704-3
Barcode:	9780820457048

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