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Author: Robert Hassan Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004175903 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 263
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The beginning of the 21st century is witnessing the emergence of a social, political and technological revolution in networked computing. We now live in a networked society, but it functions and develops at such an accelerating rate that it becomes increasingly difficult to adequately understand the nature of this radical society. "Empires of Speed" is the first book to analyse the far-reaching transformations of speed-filled everyday life. In a compelling study Hassan shows that we are leaving behind a modern world based upon the time of the clock, and are entering a new and volatile phase where an accelerating network time poses fundamental economic and political challenges in our postmodern world, challenges we barely comprehend and are thus woefully unprepared for.
Author: Robert Hassan Publisher: BRILL ISBN: 9004175903 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 263
Book Description
The beginning of the 21st century is witnessing the emergence of a social, political and technological revolution in networked computing. We now live in a networked society, but it functions and develops at such an accelerating rate that it becomes increasingly difficult to adequately understand the nature of this radical society. "Empires of Speed" is the first book to analyse the far-reaching transformations of speed-filled everyday life. In a compelling study Hassan shows that we are leaving behind a modern world based upon the time of the clock, and are entering a new and volatile phase where an accelerating network time poses fundamental economic and political challenges in our postmodern world, challenges we barely comprehend and are thus woefully unprepared for.
Author: Enda Duffy Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 0822392372 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 317
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Speed, the sensation one gets when driving fast, was described by Aldous Huxley as the single new pleasure invented by modernity. The Speed Handbook is a virtuoso exploration of Huxley’s claim. Enda Duffy shows how the experience of speed has always been political and how it has affected nearly all aspects of modern culture. Primarily a result of the mass-produced automobile, the experience of speed became the quintessential way for individuals to experience modernity, to feel modernity in their bones. Duffy plunges full-throttle into speed’s “adrenaline aesthetics,” offering deft readings of works ranging from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, through J. G. Ballard’s Crash, to the cautionary consumerism of Ralph Nader. He describes how speed changed understandings of space, distance, chance, and violence; how the experience of speed was commodified in the dawning era of mass consumption; and how society was incited to abhor slowness and desire speed. He examines how people were trained by new media such as the cinema to see, hear, and sense speed, and how speed, demanded of the efficient assembly-line worker, was given back to that worker as the chief thrill of leisure. Assessing speed’s political implications, Duffy considers how speed pleasure was offered to citizens based on criteria including their ability to pay and their gender, and how speed quickly became something to be patrolled by governments. Drawing on novels, news reports, photography, advertising, and much more, Duffy provides a breakneck tour through the cultural dynamics of speed.
Author: Rein Taagepera Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1009427822 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 373
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Explore 5000 years of human history, shaped by population surges and empires' rise and fall, both driven by socio-technological advancements.
Author: AI Articles Publisher: AI Articles ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 30
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AI Entrepreneurs: Wealth at Warp Speed is not just another magazine; it's a front-row seat to the future of entrepreneurship. In this captivating first edition, we'll dive into the exhilarating world of AI-powered success stories—where ideas that once seemed like science fiction are now creating millionaires faster than ever before. From the virtual influencers who dominate social media feeds without ever taking a breath to faceless YouTubers pulling in massive income without ever showing their faces, these AI entrepreneurs are reshaping industries and rewriting the rules of wealth-building. We'll unpack the secret sauce behind their skyrocketing success, revealing the cutting-edge tools, clever algorithms, and bold strategies that have transformed AI into a goldmine. Disclaimer: This magazine was written with the assistance of AI technology, helping to research, organize, and enhance the content. While the ideas and perspectives presented are human-driven, AI played a role in streamlining the writing process.
Author: Billie Melman Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192558005 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 412
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Empires of Antiquities is a history of the rediscovery of civilizations of the ancient Near East in the imperial order that evolved between the outbreak of the First World War and the 1950s. It explores the ways in which Near Eastern antiquity was redefined and experienced, becoming the subject of new regulation, new modes of knowledge, and international and local politics. A series of globally publicized spectacular archaeological discoveries in Iraq, Egypt, and Palestine, which the book follows, made antiquity visible, palpable and accessible as never before. The new uses of antiquity and its relations to modernity were inseparable from the emergence of the post-war world order, imperial collaboration and collisions, and national aspirations. Empires of Antiquities uniquely combines a history of the internationalization of a new "regime of archaeology" under the oversight of the League of Nations and its web of institutions, a history of British passions for Near Eastern antiquity, on-the-ground colonial mechanisms and nationalist claims on the past. It points to the centrality of the mandate system, particularly mandates classified A, in Mesopotamia/Iraq, Palestine and Transjordan, formerly governed by the Ottoman Empire, and of Egypt, in a new culture of antiquity. Drawing on an unusually wide range of archives in several countries, as well as on visual and material evidence, the book weaves together imperial, international, and local histories of institutions, people, ideas and objects and offers an entirely new interpretation of the history of archaeological discovery and its connections to empires and modernity.
Author: Johanna Sumiala Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing ISBN: 1787148521 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 177
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What are hybrid media events? And how do these events shape our lives in the present digital age? This book addresses these questions by explaining how terrorist violence makes global events. The empirical analyses are based on the case of Charlie Hebdo attacks in 2015 and the global circulation of solidarities and anger connected with the attacks.
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