Re-thinking the Global Age as Interdependence, Opacity and Inertia

In this theoretical essay we criticize theories of modernity and explore the possibility that the modern epoch is coming to a close while a new configuration is emerging: the global age. Building upon sociologist Martin Albrow’s work The Global Age, we claim that Albrow’s scholarship did a remarkabl...

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Main Authors: Oriol Poveda Guillén, Jakob Svensson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Paderborn University: Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group 2016-11-01
Series:tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique
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Online Access:https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/775