Concept of the Network Society : Post-Ontological Reflections

Lehmann, Niels (EDT)/ Qvortrup, Lars (EDT)/ Walther, Bo Kampmann (EDT)

Samfundslitteratur（2007/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 210 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9788759311899

Full Description

Our current society has been called a 'network society'. But what lies behind this name? Has society changed, or has our observation of society? There can hardly be any doubt that the conditions for describing the world have changed. Since the turn of the 20th century, at least, we have known that there is no point for observing the world that lies outside the world. This book reflects the consequences of these conditions for observing society. What significance does the 'loss' of metaphysical guarantees have for the description and understanding of the society in which we live and for the epistemological tools at our disposal? The book is a sociological, philosophical and aesthetical study of what 'lies behind' the idea of calling present-day society a 'network society'.

Contents

Introduction; The Theoretical Rationality of the Concept of the Network Society; Network, Knowledge and Complexity; Network Society; The Work of Art as a Network -- Towards a Post-Deconstructive Aesthetics; What Does It Imply to Operate on the Basis of Difference instead of Identity? Towards a Post-ontological Theory of Society.NER(01): GB IE