The fragility of modern societies: knowledge and risk in the information age

This book argues that knowledge is now central to the modern economy and its productive processes. It is also essential for social relations, social cohesion and conflict resolution. We have moved from a society based around heavy commodities to symbolic goods, from situated markets to non-place-spe...

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1. Verfasser: Stehr, Nico (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
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Zusammenfassung:This book argues that knowledge is now central to the modern economy and its productive processes. It is also essential for social relations, social cohesion and conflict resolution. We have moved from a society based around heavy commodities to symbolic goods, from situated markets to non-place-specific locations, from machines to software and from things to ideas. These changes produce new forms of social interaction and new perspectives on identity, practice and association
Beschreibung:xi, 221 p.
ISBN:9781446217399

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