 The Virtual CommunitiesDinko Dinkov
Economic Alternatives, 2011, issue 2, 3-17 Abstract: In the contemporary highly globalized world, the contents of the whole variety of connections and dependences do not fit into the long-established notions on structuring and organizing international communication. The present situation bears the signs of a change having occurred in the qualitative characteristics of the autonomous social organisms and their interrelationships. The new dimensions of social relationships are set by the new means for creation of benefits, by the new benefits, by the new risks and threats. We are talking about an information economy, different from the industrial manufacturing that dominated in the past. The relative share of services in the gross product has increased. Undreamed of in the modern times, magnificently presented in Charlie Chaplin’s silent movie, new technologies are entering everyday life, everyone’s lifestyle. The development of genetic engineering and biotechnologies portends possibilities to meddle with the mystery of life. In this postmodern world, the role of human communities with new sets of principles is starting to make its mark. Their interactions with traditional structural units give new dimensions to the relationships we continue to call international through force of habit. Keywords: postmodern world; netocracy; Davos culture; new security architecture; virtual world identities (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:nwe:eajour:y:2011:i:2:p:3-17 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Economic Alternatives from University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria Contact information at EDIRC. |
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