A French journal of social theory established in order to study the cultural and social context of the information technology. This remarkable publication presents analysis in a form understandable also lot a public not specifically trained in informatics and computing.
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Has there been progress in history?
Progress has been a key concept in all different approaches to the philosophy of history. However, it can always be re-considered what constitutes progress. Is it about technological development or a qualitative change or social relations, or both?
The new brave world revisited (9th chapter)
An extract from the book written in 1958 following the previous very successful volume of the author. First time in Hungarian, readers are presented with a number of ideas on how to use advanced technology in mass manipulation.
On anticommunism
The author used to belong to the so-called Democratic Opposition, but since 1989 he has found the most important to prevent pre-war political tendencies from returning. This attitude necessitates a strong stand against anti-communism.
The poetry of economics – Karl Polanyi: The Great Transformation
The Great Transformation, written by the Hungarian born Karl Polanyi, has become a basic work for sociologists and economic historians in the West. McRobbie investigates how Polanyi used cultural instruments in his analysis of the capitalist economy.