Short Cuts to Digital Transformation
Andrea Belliger, David J. Krieger
Jahr: 2025
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars
ISBN: 978-1-03-645246-9
The digital transformation encompasses not only the ubiquitous effects of digital technologies but also the psychological, social, cultural, economic, and political changes that the digital revolution brings with it. Digital transformation refers to the emergence of a global network society and the demise of Western industrial society. This new social order is based on new ways of organizing knowledge, cooperative action in society, and new interpretations of the meaning of human existence.
This thought-provoking book offers a collection of thought experiments exploring the multifaceted phenomenon of digital transformation. The short texts delve into the disruptions caused by the digital revolution—disruptions in technology, the production and dissemination of knowledge, the organization of social cooperation, and the very understanding of human identity and existence. The digital transformation is a historical rupture, marking the decline of Western industrial society and the rise of a global networked order. The essays are “short cuts”—brief, bold, and exploratory intellectual excursions that challenge conventional paths and invite readers into uncertain yet revelatory terrain. The book allows readers to chart their own journeys through the complex landscape of digital postmodernity and is a resource for those willing to think off the beaten track.
