Manuel Castells

Quotes

• “The Internet is, above all else, a cultural creation.”

• “The Internet is indeed a technology of freedom - but it can free the powerful to oppress the uninformed, it may lead to the exclusion of the devalued by the conquerors of value. In this general sense, society has not changed much.”

• “If you do not care about networks, the networks will care about you, anyway. For as long as you want to live in society, at this time and in this place, you will have to deal with the network society. / Because we live in the Internet Galaxy.”

• “In the network society, the space of flows dissolves time by disordering the sequence of events and making them simultaneous in the communication networks, thus installing society in structural ephemerality: being cancels becoming.”

Books by Manuel Castells in order

Books by Manuel Castells in the order they were published, from The Urban Question (1972) to Advanced Introduction to Digital Society (2024).

1. 1The Urban QuestionThe Urban Question1972
2. 2The Economic Crisis and American SocietyThe Economic Crisis and American Society1976
3. 3City, Class, and PowerCity, Class, and Power1978
4. 4The City and the GrassrootsThe City and the Grassroots1983
5. 5The Shek Kip Mei SyndromeThe Shek Kip Mei Syndrome1986
6. 6The Informational CityThe Informational City1989
7. 7Technopoles of the WorldTechnopoles of the World1993
8. 8The Rise of the Network SocietyThe Rise of the Network Society1996
9. 9The Power of IdentityThe Power of Identity1997
10. 10End of MillenniumEnd of Millennium1998
11. 11The Information AgeThe Information Age1999
12. 12The Internet GalaxyThe Internet Galaxy2001
13. 13The Castells Reader on Cities and Social TheoryThe Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory2002
14. 14The Information Society and the Welfare StateThe Information Society and the Welfare State2002
15. 15The Network SocietyThe Network Society2004
16. 16Mobile Communication and SocietyMobile Communication and Society2006
17. 17Communication PowerCommunication Power2009
18. 18Networks Of Outrage And Hope Social Movements In The InterneNetworks Of Outrage And Hope Social Movements In The Internet Age2012
19. 19Kent Sinif IktidarKent Sinif Iktidar2015
20. 20Ag Toplumunun Yukselisi -Enformasyon CagiAg Toplumunun Yukselisi -Enformasyon Cagi2017
21. 21Another Economy Is PossibleAnother Economy Is Possible2017
22. 22RuptureRupture2018
23. 23Advanced Introduction to Digital SocietyAdvanced Introduction to Digital Society2024
24. 24Outra Economia E Possivel. Cultura E Economia Em Tempos De COutra Economia E Possivel. Cultura E Economia Em Tempos De Crise