{"product_id":"sociophobia-czssar-rendueles-9780231175272","title":"Sociophobia: Political Change in the Digital Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great ideological cliche of our time, Cesar Rendueles argues in \u003cem\u003eSociophobia\u003c\/em\u003e, is the idea that communication technologies can support positive social dynamics and improve economic and political conditions. We would like to believe that the Internet has given us the tools to overcome modernity's practical dilemmas and bring us into closer relation, but recent events show how technology has in fact driven us farther apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the ten best books of the year by \u003cem\u003eBabelia El Pais\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSociophobia\u003c\/em\u003e looks at the root causes of neoliberal utopia's modern collapse. It begins by questioning the cyber-fetishist dogma that lulls us into thinking our passive relationship with technology plays a positive role in resolving longstanding differences. Rendueles claims that the World Wide Web has produced a diminished rather than augmented social reality. In other words, it has lowered our expectations with respect to political interventions and personal relations. In an effort to correct this trend, Rendueles embarks on an ambitious reassessment of our antagonistic political traditions to prove that post-capitalism is not only a feasible, intimate, and friendly system to strive for but also essential for moving past consumerism and political malaise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e César Rendueles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231175272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231175272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"César Rendueles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440906350847,"sku":"9780231175272","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_13977ddd-df2c-4ec1-8618-56aa2bb0e968.jpg?v=1777187461","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sociophobia-czssar-rendueles-9780231175272","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}