Il bestseller del new york times "la silicon valley aveva bisogno di una lezione di storia e ferguson gliela ha fornita" eric schmidt la maggior parte della storia riguarda le persone in cima alle torri del potere. Ma se la vera azione si svolgesse nei social network in basso, nelle piazze cittadine? niall ferguson, autore di bestseller internazionali come empire, the ascent of money e civilization, riformula brillantemente passato e presente come una lotta senza fine tra gerarchie e reti. "provocatorio, frizzante, un libro raro.. Allacciate le cinture" peter frankopan, daily telegraph "immensamente stimolante, avvincente, illuminante.. Manda idee a razzo dappertutto.. Uno dei migliori storici popolari del nostro tempo" david goodhart, prospect "potente, veloce.. Un avvertimento per rimettersi in sesto al presente attraverso un precedente storico avvincente" andrew anthony, guardian "affascinante e avvincente" jonathan a. Knee, the new york times
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Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard, and a visiting professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His most recent book is The Square and the Tower.
What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From Niall Ferguson, the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization, this is a whole new way of imagining the world.
Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks - leaving them to the conspiracy theorists, with their dreams of all-powerful Illuminati?
The twenty-first century has been hailed as the Networked Age. But in The Square and the Tower Niall Ferguson argues that social networks are nothing new. From the printers and preachers who made the Reformation to the freemasons who led the American Revolution, it was the networkers who disrupted the old order of popes and kings. Far from being novel, our era is the Second Networked Age, with the computer in the role of the printing press. Once we understand this, both the past, and the future, start to look very different indeed.
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What if everything we thought we knew about history was wrong? From Niall Ferguson, the global bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization, this is a whole new way of imagining the world.
Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, and prime ministers. But what if that's simply because they create the historical archives? What if we are missing equally powerful but less visible networks - leaving them to the conspiracy theorists, with their dreams of all-powerful Illuminati?
The twenty-first century has been hailed as the Networked Age. But in The Square and the Tower Niall Ferguson argues that social networks are nothing new. From the printers and preachers who made the Reformation to the freemasons who led the American Revolution, it was the networkers who disrupted the old order of popes and kings. Far from being novel, our era is the Second Networked Age, with the computer in the role of the printing press. Once we understand this, both the past, and the future, start to look very different indeed.
Read more at https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/300405/the-square-and-the-tower/#M6Il50LAmhhgZtZ0.99
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'Silicon Valley needed a history lesson and Ferguson has provided it' Eric Schmidt Most history is about the people at the top of the towers of power. But what if the real action is in the social networks down below, in the town squares? Niall Ferguson, the international bestselling author of Empire, The Ascent of Money and Civilization, brilliantly recasts past and present as an unending contest between hierarchies and networks. 'Provocative, snappy, a rare book . fasten your seatbelts' Peter Frankopan, Daily Telegraph 'Immensely stimulating, absorbing, illuminating . sends ideas blazing all over the place . one of the best popular historians of our time' David Goodhart, Prospect 'Powerful, fast-paced . a pull-yourself-together warning to the present by way of arresting historical precedent' Andrew Anthony, Guardian 'Captivating and compelling' Jonathan A. Knee, The New York Times. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR009463783
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