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The Square and the Tower
- Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook
- Narrateur(s): Elliot Hill
- Durée: 17 h et 22 min
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A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks
Most history is hierarchical: it's about emperors, presidents, prime ministers, and field marshals. It's about states, armies, and corporations. It's about orders from on high. Even history "from below" is often about trade unions and workers' parties. But what if that's simply because hierarchical institutions create the archives that historians rely on? What if we are missing the informal, less well documented social networks that are the true sources of power and drivers of change?
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From the cults of ancient Rome to the dynasties of the Renaissance, from the founding fathers to Facebook, The Square and the Tower tells the story of the rise, fall, and rise of networks, and shows how network theory - concepts such as clustering, degrees of separation, weak ties, contagions, and phase transitions - can transform our understanding of both the past and the present.
Just as The Ascent of Money put Wall Street into historical perspective, so The Square and the Tower does the same for Silicon Valley. And it offers a bold prediction about which hierarchies will withstand this latest wave of network disruption - and which will be toppled.
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“Captivating and compelling. Whether describing the surprisingly ineffective 18th century network of the mysterious Illuminati that continue to be the subject of crank conspiracy theorists or the shockingly effective 20th century network of Cambridge University spies working for the Soviets, Ferguson manages both to tell a good story and provide important insight into the specific qualities that power successful networks.” (The New York Times)
“Remarkably interesting...always surprising and always thought-provoking in the places and entities it chooses to pause and examine, everything from the Mafia to the Soviet Union of Stalin.... The Square and the Tower, in addition to being provocative history, may prove to be a bellwether work of the Internet Age.” (Christian Science Monitor)
"Niall Ferguson has again written a brilliant book.... His short chapters are lucid snapshots of a world history of Towers and Squares, filled with gracefully deployed learning.... The Square and the Tower is always readable, intelligent, original. You can swallow a chapter a night before sleep and your dreams will overflow with scenes of Stendhal’s The Red and the Black, Napoleon, Kissinger. In 400 pages you will have restocked your mind. Do it." (The Wall Street Journal)
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- 2019-03-10
interesting thesis with good narration
the author's Central thesis that world history should be seen as a conflict between networks and hierarchies was interesting and compelling. Ferguson does Justice to the idea that powerful Networks influence world events without falling into conspiracy theories.
readers should note that Ferguson's conservatism comes out in many parts of the book, but his Central thesis does not depend on a conservative worldview. I would recommend this book to anyone regardless of their political alignment.
the narration was excellent and I enjoyed listening.
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- Jake L.S.
- 2019-02-10
Networks and Power
This was a long look at the Networks and Hierarchies throughout time to modern day networks. Leftist Violence and Socialism have existed through networks and connection.
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- LA
- 2018-09-13
Highly engrossing!
Clear and easy-to-listen-to narration by Elliot Hill, the time flew by as I listened to The Square and the Tower on #Audible1. Niall Ferguson demonstrates the significance and power of networks, and illustrates how networks played important roles throughout history. I downloaded this book with my first credit on Audible, after both Audible and the book were recommended by a friend, and I'm glad I did!
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- Jean-Louis Frenette
- 2023-09-30
Engulfing
Just what the doctor ordered. A fascinating subject well explained, profoundly researched, Deeply enjoyed it.
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- Serguei L. Primak
- 2018-04-17
An amazing read
Absolutely loved it. Great historical view overplayed with networking theory! Must read for everyone interested in politics and life
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- thelongerroad
- 2018-03-14
Instructive but detailed
I nearly gave up halfway through. I'm glad I didn't but I would not hesitate to skip the second quarter of the book unless your interest is largely historical fact accumulation. I guess Ferguson is an historian so it should be expected. For my purposes there was a fair amount of superfluous information beyond what was required to make the point stick.
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