Manuel Castells
Known for his extensive work on the information society, networks, and the impact of technology on social organization.
Quotes by Manuel Castells
Project identity is when social actors seek to redefine their position in society.
The space of flows is the material organization of time-sharing social practices.
Timeless time is the reorganization of time parameters in the network society.
The developmental state is key to understanding Asia's economic miracle.
In the era of information, knowledge is the key resource.
Social change comes from the margins, from those who dare to imagine alternatives.
The internet paradox: it connects us all yet isolates the individual.
Power is exercised by programming networks and switching between them.
The crisis of the city is the crisis of society itself.
Digital divide is the new axis of social inequality.
Culture becomes the site of economic production in the informational economy.
The networked mind is the future of human cognition.
Autonomy is the ultimate value in a world of programmed connections.
Globalization without solidarity leads to planetary chaos.
The media construct reality, and we live in that construction.
Innovation is the engine of the network society.
Identity crises are the birth pangs of new social forms.
In the end, networks are as strong as their nodes of trust.
The future is not predetermined; it is programmed by human agency in networks.
Sociology must adapt to the network paradigm to remain relevant.