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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509558217
• ISBN13: 9781509558216
• Release Date: July 2024
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"