3. The Trilogy The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture
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5. Marx and Castells Mode of production Capitalism Material base Industrial society Class society Division of labour Exploitation Alienation - from product Class struggle Mode of production Capitalism Mode of development Informational society Network society Space of flow Inclusion or exclusion - Alienation - culture of virtual reality - threat Identity and local
7. Production - class relation Experience - gender, sexuality, race, family relation Power - institutionalized power (state) and microphysics of power Social process
8. Class discussion: Where is Hong Kong located in the map? How do class relation (in production), gender / sexuality / family relation (in our experience) and power relation (institutional and micro-physical) interplay with the macro social political structure in shaping the distinctive character of the city?