Patterns: Theory of the Digital Society

by Armin Nassehi

We are inclined to assume that digital technologies have suddenly revolutionized everything - including our relationships, our forms of work and leisure, and even our democracies - in just a few years. Armin Nassehi puts forward a new theory of digital society that turns this assumption on its head. Rather than treating digital technologies as an independent causal force that is transforming social life, he asks: what problem does digitalization solve?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509558225
• ISBN13: 9781509558223
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"