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These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially precarious, overwhelmed and anxious, and worried about the future. While millions endure the stress of struggling to make ends meet, in reality, the status quo isn't working for anyone, even the affluent and comparatively privileged, they, too, are deeply insecure. What is going on? The Age of Insecurity exposes how seemingly disparate crises -- our suffering mental health and rising ineq...

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An incisive collection of essays from an author who is consistently ahead of the curve.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies

An incisive collection of essays from an author who is consistently ahead of the curve.

What is democracy really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a "New Civil Rights Leader" (LA Times), provides surprising answers.There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of thieving plutocrats in the White House to campaign finance and gerrymandering, it is clear that democracy-specifically the principle of government by...

Democracy is in crisis. In every major company it has been stole by elites or in the hands of strong men. In democracy's name we see a raft of policies that spread inequality and xenophobia worldwide. It is clear that democracy - the principle of government by and for the people - is not living up to its promise.In fact, real democracy- inclusive and egalitarian - has in fact never existed. In this urgent and engaging book, Astra Taylor invite...

What is democracy really? What do we mean when we use the term? And can it ever truly exist? Astra Taylor, hailed as a "New Civil Rights Leader" by the Los Angeles Times, provides surprising answers.There is no shortage of democracy, at least in name, and yet it is in crisis everywhere we look. From a cabal of plutocrats in the White House to gerrymandering and dark-money compaign contributions, it is clear that the principle of government by ...

From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the internet as the great leveler of our age.

»Das ungeprüfte Leben ist nicht lebenswert.« Sokrates Laut Nietzsche soll man keinem Gedanken trauen, der nicht im Freien geboren wurde. Astra Taylor hat daher acht Philosophen aus dem Elfenbeinturm auf die Straße geholt: Kwame Anthony Appiah, Judith Butler, Michael Hardt, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, Avital Ronell, Cornel West und Slavoj Zizek. Jeweils zehn Minuten lang geben sie Auskunft über ihre Gedanken - an Orten, die wichtig sind für...

Taylor is the Marshall McLuhan or the Neil Postman of our new digital economy, the lonely voice raising urgent questions we need to answer together . . . If The People's Platform doesn't spark the conversation about the kind of democracy and culture we deserve, then we'll deserve the one we get."-NY1 News' The Book ReaderThe Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where all can participate equally. But how tru...

8 philosophers leave the comforts of academia to test their theories in the real world.