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Chargement... The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millenniumpar Martin Gurri
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A story of how increased availability and spread of information, through social media, blogs and other internet media, is changing the world, leading to a "slow-motion collision of two modes of organizing life: one hierarchical, industrial, and top-down, the other networked, egalitarian, bottom-up." The first part of the book is good, documenting the above view by going through events such as the Arab spring, Occupy Wall Street, various European protests, in particular in Spain and Italy. Many of these are protests and revolts against the establishment (governments, old media, experts) without a clear program of their own. Indeed often seeming to protest anything. Gurri is afraid of the "nihilism" implied by this. However, shallower analysis later on, e.g. simplistically about whether the US stimulus money "worked" or not, though it is true that the economy is complex and not as predictable as many believe, and repeated, vitriolic attacks on Obama ("sectarian prophet"). Some interesting threads drawn also to Trump, Tsipras and Macron, promising to drain the swamp and being elected on discontent. Not recommended, despite strong recommendation from Noah Smith. http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/book-review-revolt-of-public-by-marti... ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, "Martin Gurri saw it coming." Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age--government, political parties, the media. The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. Originally published in 2014, this updated edition of The Revolt of the Public includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump's improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of "Brexit" and concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process, and whether new organizing principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence. -- publisher's website Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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