1st Edition
Corporate Totalitarianism Freedom, Power and Technology in the Modern Era
By Rowena Slope
Copyright 2025
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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Corporate Totalitarianism reflects on the changing nature of economic, political, and social power in the global context and the ways in which this affects both individual and society.
Inspired by the thought of Hannah Arendt and informed by Weber's work on rationalisation and bureaucracy, the book shows how fear and alienation are used to generate compliance in the population,... Read more
Part I – Overview. 1.Overview. Part II - Alienation. 2.Isolation. 3.Anomie. 4.Sensory Deprivation. 5.Escape. 6.Bureaucratisation. Part III - Fear. 7.Experimentation. 8.Institutionalisation. 9.Coercion. 10.Existential crisis of the bourgeoisie. 11.The mob. Part IV - Authoritarianism. 12.Propaganda and censorship. 13.Ideology. 14.De enlightenment. 15.Surveillance. 16.Towards totalitarianism. Part V - Resistance. 17.Truth. 18.Politics. 19.Practicalities. 20.Technology. 21.Conclusion.
Biography
Rowena Slope is Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University, UK and the author of Care in the Iron Cage: A Weberian Analysis of Failings in Care.
