Bard, Alexander; Söderqvist, Jan

Netocracy : The New Power Elite and Life After Capitalism

1. Technology: The Motor of Historical Motion. 2. Three Paradigms: Feudalism - Capitalism - Informationalism. 3. The Plurarchic Society: The End of the Nation State and the Crisis of Democracy. 4. In Search of Attention: Information - Propaganda - Entertainment. 5. The Netocrats and Their Worldview. 6. Globalization: Financial and Cultural. 7. The New Biology and the Ethics of the Netocracy. 8. The Death of Man and the Birth of the Virtual Subject. 9. The Network Pyramids: The Power Hierachies of Attentionalism. 10. Sex and the New Tribalism, Virtual Education and the Inequality of the Brains. 11. Behind the Firewalls: Virtual Revolutionaries and the Civil Wars of the Netocracy.