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Ferguson, Niall
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Secret organizations -- History.
Civilization -- Social aspects.
Power (Social sciences) -- History
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Ferguson, Niall
Secret organizations -- History.
Civilization -- Social aspects.
Power (Social sciences) -- History
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The
square
and the
tower
:
networks
and
power
, from the
Freemasons
to
Facebook
/ Niall Ferguson.
by
Ferguson, Niall
Penguin Publishing Group, c2018.
Call #:
302.309 F353s
Subjects
Secret organizations -- History.
Civilization -- Social aspects.
Power
(Social sciences) -- History
ISBN:
9780735222915 (hc)
Description:
xxvii, 563 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a struggle between old
power
hierarchies and new social
networks
. Most history is hierarchical: it's about popes, presidents, prime ministers and other potentates. It's about states, armies and corporations. It's about orders from on high. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the less visible social
networks
that are the true drivers of change - leaving them to the conspiracy theorists, with their dreams of all-powerful Illuminati ? The 21st century has been hailed as the Age of
Networks
. However, in The
Square
and the
Tower
, Niall Ferguson argues that
networks
have always been with us, from the structure of the brain to the food chain, from the family tree to freemasonry. Throughout history, hierarchies housed in high towers have claimed to rule, but often real
power
has resided in the
networks
in the town
square
below. For it is
networks
that tend to innovate. And it is through
networks
that revolutionary ideas can contagiously spread. Just because conspiracy theorists like to fantasize about such
networks
doesn't mean they are not real. From the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to
Facebook
, The
Square
and the
Tower
tells the story of the rise, fall and rise of
networks
, and shows how network theory--concepts such as clustering, degrees of separation, weak ties, contagions and phase transitions--can transform our understanding of both the past and the present. Just as The Ascent of Money put Wall Street into historical perspective, so The
Square
and the
Tower
does the same for Silicon Valley. And it offers a bold prediction about which hierarchies will withstand this latest wave of network disruption--and which will be toppled."--Inside jacket cover
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