
The Green and The Blue
Naive Ideas to Improve Politics in the Digital Age
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About this book
Presenting an array of innovative concepts to revolutionize politics in our digital world, this book is written by one of the most authoritative voices of contemporary philosophy
The Green and the Blue explores the opportunities presented by the digital age for combining green environmental policies with blue digital solutions to strengthen democracy, reform capitalism, and work toward a sustainable and equitable future. With an engaging and readable style, world-renowned philosopher Luciano Floridi lays out a timely and convincing case for embracing responsible practices to ensure a sustainable environment, a better democracy, and an equitable information society.
Drawing from his expertise in digital ethics and the philosophy of technology, Floridi offers fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and bold strategies for improving political systems that emphasize the importance of cooperation, ethics, and long-term planning. Throughout the text, the author advocates for a political and economic framework of care that focuses on the quality of relations and processes rather than consumption and things. A groundbreaking call to action for individuals, policymakers, and technologists, The Green and the Blue: Naive Ideas to Improve Politics in the Digital Age:
- Provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and well-rounded exploration of how to improve the present by designing good policies for the future
- Features insightful analysis by the founder of the philosophy of information and one of the key interpreters of the digital revolution
- Explains complex concepts to allow easy understanding and application of the ideas presented
- Includes compelling thought experiments that challenge traditional notions of capitalism and politics
- Encourages readers to think critically about the present and future of politics
Offering a new way of thinking about democracy, the environment, and technology, The Green and the Blue: Naive Ideas to Improve Politics in the Digital Age is a must-read for undergraduate and graduate students, practitioners, and general readers who are seeking positive and sustainable change in the world of politics.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgement
- Chapter 1: The Importance of Naive Ideas
- Chapter 2: The Digital Revolution
- Chapter 3: The Transition from Things to Relations
- Chapter 4: The Infosphere
- Chapter 5: Fake News
- Chapter 6: Digital Time
- Chapter 7: The Onlife Experience
- Chapter 8: A Mature Information Society
- Chapter 9: The Human Project
- Chapter 10: From the Social Contract to a Universal Trust
- Chapter 11: Infraethics
- Chapter 12: Human Interfaces
- Chapter 13: Human Dignity
- Chapter 14: The Problem of Leisure Occupation
- Chapter 15: Homo: Faber, Sapiens, Ludens, and Poieticus
- Chapter 16: A Proxy Culture
- Chapter 17: Politics as Marketing
- Chapter 18: Digital Grey Power
- Chapter 19: The Digital Gift Economy
- Chapter 20: Structural Democracy
- Chapter 21: Stealth Democracy
- Chapter 22: Nomos and Paideia
- Chapter 23: Digital Sovereignty
- Chapter 24: Green and Blue for a Sustainable and Preferable Future
- Chapter 25: The Value of Waste
- Chapter 26: Climate Change and the Terrible Hope
- Chapter 27: From Selfregulation to Legislation
- Chapter 28: Hundred Political Theses for a Mature Information Society
- Postscript – The Information Society in the Time of the Coronavirus
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Index
- End User License Agreement