{"product_id":"seeing-like-a-platform-9781032354330","title":"Seeing Like a Platform","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower needs abstraction, to make the unwieldy complexity of the social world legible and manageable. The proposition at the heart of \u003ci\u003eSeeing Like a Platform\u003c\/i\u003e is that digital technology brings new metaphors through which power operates. While industrial modernity saw society as a machinery to be designed according to detailed blueprints, \u003ci\u003edigital modernity \u003c\/i\u003eviews society as organic and alive, to be herded and nudged through digital infrastructures, AI, and algorithms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeeing Like a Platform\u003c\/i\u003e explores the history, meaning, and far-reaching consequences of this epistemological shift. From social movements to Wikipedia, from digital platforms to city planning, from social science to media, society is being redefined by ideas from complexity science. While complexity offers a vision of a self-organized society freed from hierarchies and overbearing bureaucracies, it simultaneously enables new forms of domination and control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough theoretical reflections and case studies, \u003ci\u003eSeeing Like a Platform\u003c\/i\u003e offers an inquiry into digital modernity. Accessibly written and broad ranging, it is an essential reading for scholars, students, and practitioners in fields such as sociology, political science, urban studies, and technology studies. It will also interest anyone keen to understand the profound impact of digital technologies on governance, social organization, and everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Open Access version of this book, available at http:\/\/www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018999005527,"sku":"9781032354330","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032354330.jpg?v=1750778971","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seeing-like-a-platform-9781032354330","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}