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In Spaces of Culture an international group of scholars examines the implications of questions such as: What is culture? What is the relationship between social structure and culture in a globalized and networked world? Do critical perspectives still apply, or does the speed and complexity of cultural production demand new forms of analysis? They explore the key themes in social theory: the nation state; the city; modernity and reflexivity; post-Fordism and the spatial logic of the informational city. The contributors go on to analyze the public sphere, questioning the reductive representation of technology as a form of instrumentality, and demonstrating how new technologies can offer new spaces of culture. This analys
Growth and Failure: The New Political Economy and Its Culture
Growth and Failure: The New Political Economy and Its Culture
I'd like to begin by referring to two experiences which are being rapidly transformed in the modern world: work and place. Both are changing in ways which, a mere 20 years ago, seemed unimaginable.
Then, the great corporate bureaucracies and government hierarchies of the developed world seemed securely entrenched, the products of centuries of economic development and nation-building. Commentators spoke of ‘late capitalism’ or ‘mature capitalism’ as though earlier forces of growth had now entered an end-game phase. Now, a new chapter has opened: the economy is global, and makes use of new technology; ways of working have altered, as short-term jobs replace stable careers; mammoth government and ...
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