Community in a Crowd: Bitcoin and the Quest for Liberty in Tel Aviv by Shapiro, Matan

Community in a Crowd: Bitcoin and the Quest for Liberty in Tel Aviv (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9781836952992)

Vendor: Matan Shapiro
Product type: Books
Format: Library Binding
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Community in a Crowd: Bitcoin and the Quest for Liberty in Tel Aviv by Shapiro, Matan

Community in a Crowd: Bitcoin and the Quest for Liberty in Tel Aviv

$135.00
Community in a Crowd: Bitcoin and the Quest for Liberty in Tel Aviv by Shapiro, Matan

Community in a Crowd: Bitcoin and the Quest for Liberty in Tel Aviv

$135.00
Format: Library Binding
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Set in Tel Aviv's Bitcoin Embassy between 2017 and 2019, Community in a Crowd explores the everyday activities and social dynamics of Israeli Bitcoin enthusiasts. It examines how participants promoted Libertarian narratives and ritualized practices to challenge the moral authority of the 'centralized' political-economic order. Revisiting Bitcoin's popular association with radical individualism, the book contrasts the sprawling, impersonal crowds of online trading with the formation of an intimate, egalitarian community through in-person encounters. Advancing a new theoretical framework, it offers insights into contemporary mass movements grounded in techno-utopian visions of society and reconsiders how decentralized technologies foster both anonymity and solidarity.

Author: Matan Shapiro
ISBN-10: 1836952996
ISBN-13: 9781836952992
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2026
Pages: 262
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
By Matan Shapiro
By Matan Shapiro
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Matan Shapiro is a Social Anthropologist currently researching synoptic surveillance and changing notions of alterity online as part of the ERC-funded SAMCOM Project at the department of Digital Humanities, King's College London.

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