Space of Flows

Sociologist Manuel Castells has been called the Durkheim of our age, primarily due his 3 volume masterwork,  The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. Here is an interesting bit of writing about him and one of his ideas.

http://www.richardgilbert.ca/Files/SFU%20course%20files/Francke,%20Ham,%20Castells%20Space%20of%20Flows.pdf

BTW: his latest book is:

Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age

Watch one of his lectures:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skcUYhRaEas