Chapter 1. Communal Heavens: Identity and Meaning in the Network Society
Published Online: 27 JAN 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318234.ch1
Copyright © 2010 Manuel Castells
Book Title
The Power of Identity: With a New Preface, Volume II, Second edition With a new preface
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How to Cite
Castells, M. (2010) Communal Heavens: Identity and Meaning in the Network Society, in The Power of Identity: With a New Preface, Volume II, Second edition With a new preface, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444318234.ch1
Publication History
- Published Online: 27 JAN 2010
- Published Print: 4 DEC 2009
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Print ISBN: 9781405196871
Online ISBN: 9781444318234
- Summary
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Keywords:
- communal heavens - identity and meaning in network society;
- insurgency of Taiping Tao - communal, neo-Christian fundamentalist kingdom in China;
- identity, people's source of meaning and experience;
- rise of network society;
- Giddens's theoretical characterization of identity-building in period of “late modernity”;
- god's heavens, religious fundamentalism and cultural identity;
- Umma versus Jahiliya - Islamic fundamentalism;
- social roots of radical fundamentalism - combination of successful state-led modernization;
- Christian fundamentalism, perennial feature of American history;
- nations of information age
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
The Construction of Identity
God's Heavens: Religious Fundamentalism and Cultural Identity
Nations and Nationalisms in the Age of Globalization: Imagined Communities or Communal Images?
Ethnic Unbonding: Race, Class, and Identity in the Network Society
Territorial Identities: The Local Community
Conclusion: The Cultural Communes of the Information Age