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| <nettime> The Class of the New |
Hiya, OpenMute have just published my new book - The Class of the New. You can buy the hardcopy and download the text for free from the website: <theclassofthenew.net>. Enjoy! Later, Richard ================= The Class of the New by Richard Barbrook Netizens, elancers, cognitarians, swarm-capitalists, hackers, produsumers, knowledge workers, pro-ams... these are just a few of the monikers that have been applied to the new social class emerging from the networked workplace. In this short book, Richard Barbrook presents a collection of quotations from authors who in different ways attempt to identify an innovative element within society ? ?the class of the new?. Announcing a new economic and social paradigm, this class constitutes a ?social prophecy? of the shape of work to come. From Adam Smith?s ?Philosophers? of the late 18th century, down to the ?Creative Class? celebrated by sociologist Richard Florida today, the class of the new represents the future of production within and beyond capitalism. A Creative Workers in a World City project Published, POD (print on demand) design and production by Openmute ISBN: 0-9550664-7-6 Further details and orders: http://theclassofthenew.net/ Available from: The website and all good bookstores. For review copies, contact [email protected] # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [email protected] and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]