Information Technology

Networks of Outrage and Hope

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No one expected it. In a world darkened by economic dis- tress, political cynicism, cultural emptiness and personal hopelessness, it just happened. Suddenly dictatorships could be overthrown with the bare hands of the people, even if their hands had been bloodied by the sacrifice of the fallen. Financial magicians went from being the objects of public envy to the targets of universal contempt. Politicians became exposed as corrupt and as liars. Governments were denounced. Media were suspected. Trust vanished. And trust is what glues together society, the market, the institutions. Without trust, nothing works. Without trust, the social con- tract dissolves and people disappear as they transform into defensive individuals fighting for survival. Yet, at the fringe of a world that had come to the brink of its capacity for humans to live together and to share life with nature, indi- viduals did come together again to find new forms of being us, the people.

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Series Title

manuel castells

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Publisher

USA : ., 2015

Collation

1-346

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

13: 978-0-7456-9575-

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NONE

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Edition

1st Edtion

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Information Technology

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