Hinds takes offers a fresh perspective on the social, political,
and economic disturbances now affecting our world. This book looks
at those disturbances not as separate problems, but rather as the
coherent symptoms of a deep technological revolution that is
changing the shape of society on the scale of the Industrial
Revolution: the Connectivity Revolution, the basis of the New
Economy. Analyzing the resistance to change that erupted violently
in response to that last major economic upheaval, Hinds shows how
Communism, Nazism, and fundamentalism owe their triumphs not to the
prevalence of poverty or oppression but to the rigidity of
societies threatened by profound social changes prompted by rapid
technological progress. Demonstrating that their rigidity was
caused by the same kind of state intervention in the economy that
is now being proposed to stop globalization, he argues persuasively
that only a horizontal, flexible society can smoothly manage change
in such a way that the pain of transformation--and therefore, the
risk of giving birth to new varieties of destructive regimes--is
minimized.
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2003 |
First published: |
November 2003 |
Authors: |
Manuel Hinds
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Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-275-98128-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-275-98128-2 |
Barcode: |
9780275981280 |
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