If the global brain is a suitable model of the future information society, then one future of research in this global brain will be in its past, which is its distributed memory. In this paper, we draw on Francis Heylighen, Marta Lenartowicz, and Niklas Luhmann to show that future research in...

This article examines the place or use of China - of the “China” reference - in recent, theoretical texts (e.g. those of Agamben, Hardt-Negri, Zizek ) that either make claims abut the history of Maoist and post-Mao China in order to consolidate their philosophical arguments, or that use...

An analysis is made of the phenomenon of overproduction of capitalism with the corresponding consequences that this has for the generation and subsequent deterioration of the capitalist system, contributing the element of proportional dynamic equilibrium as a principle of economic regulation,...

This paper explores the following chain of conjectures: rising use of the internet, the widespread access to global information, and intensified communication between regions and countries brought about, for example, by intensified trade links bring about expansion of people's social space and...

This paper explores the following chain of conjectures: rising use of the internet, the widespread access to global information, and intensified communication between regions and countries brought about, for example, by intensified trade links bring about expansion of people's social space and...

This vision brief may be summarized by the following points. First, the crisis of the liberal world order arises from a misalignment of our social, economic and political domains of activity, along with a resulting destabilization of our physical environment. The integration of the global...

This paper may be summarized by the following points. First, the crisis of the liberal world order arises from a misalignment of our social, economic and political domains of activity, along with a resulting destabilization of our physical environment. The integration of the global economy has...

This paper explores the following chain of conjectures: rising use of the internet, the widespread access to global information, and intensified communication between regions and countries brought about, for example, by intensified trade links bring about expansion of people's social space and...

Spanish Abstract: En el artículo se pretende demostrar como el estado colombiano se inserta dentro de nuevos sistemas de poder en el que la pluralidad de las fuentes de autoridad lo han obligado a asumir escenarios de “soberanía compartida”, propios de la política mundial actual. Para...