First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In this collection of essays and interviews, Mark Poster examines theoretical approaches and develops his own position on our information based society. He contends that new communications media disrupt and transfigure the way identities are constituted in cultural exchanges. He looks in detail at several aspects of what might be called "internet culture", including virtuality and democracy. Poster advocates an awareness of the Internet and other new forms of communication, calling for a mobilization to ensure accessibility to all and to configure technology into vehicles of open cultural...

In this book Stanley Aronowitz asks What is left of the Left? How is it that conservativism staged such a remarkable recovery after being discounted in the turbulent 1960s? Aronowitz provides an analysis of the historical left, arguing that today's Left must envision not merely more equality or opportunity, but develop a radical democratic movement that seeks a solution to the economic, political and cultural crisis of our time.

The book contains groundbreaking and immersive essays on crucial 20th Century scholars on social theory, discussed and analyzed from a radical, critical theory perspective. Aronowitz provides his unique and lauded critical eye toward the leading thinkers of our age, crafting an immersive set of essays on radical thought.

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.