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  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Dedication
  • The Definition
  • INTRODUCTION
    • 1 Home or Exile in the Digital Future
  • PART I THE FOUNDATIONS OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM
    • 2 August 9, 2011: Setting the Stage for Surveillance Capitalism
    • 3 The Discovery of Behavioral Surplus
    • 4 The Moat Around the Castle
    • 5 The Elaboration of Surveillance Capitalism: Kidnap, Corner, Compete
    • 6 Hijacked: The Division of Learning in Society
  • PART II THE ADVANCE OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM
    • 7 The Reality Business
    • 8 Rendition: From Experience to Data
    • 9 Rendition from the Depths
    • 10 Make Them Dance
    • 11 The Right to the Future Tense
  • PART III INSTRUMENTARIAN POWER FOR A THIRD MODERNITY
    • 12 Two Species of Power
    • 13 Big Other and the Rise of Instrumentarian Power
    • 14 A Utopia of Certainty
    • 15 The Instrumentarian Collective
    • 16 Of Life in the Hive
    • 17 The Right to Sanctuary
  • CONCLUSION
    • 18 A Coup from Above
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Praise for "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism"
  • Detailed Table of Contents
  • Notes
  • Index
  • ee16215c-0486-45da-ab8f-5c516cf39d53.pdf
    • Cover
    • Title Page
    • Copyright
    • Table of Contents
    • Dedication
    • The Definition
    • INTRODUCTION
      • 1 Home or Exile in the Digital Future
    • PART I THE FOUNDATIONS OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM
      • 2 August 9, 2011: Setting the Stage for Surveillance Capitalism
      • 3 The Discovery of Behavioral Surplus
      • 4 The Moat Around the Castle
      • 5 The Elaboration of Surveillance Capitalism: Kidnap, Corner, Compete
      • 6 Hijacked: The Division of Learning in Society
    • PART II THE ADVANCE OF SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM
      • 7 The Reality Business
      • 8 Rendition: From Experience to Data
      • 9 Rendition from the Depths
      • 10 Make Them Dance
      • 11 The Right to the Future Tense
    • PART III INSTRUMENTARIAN POWER FOR A THIRD MODERNITY
      • 12 Two Species of Power
      • 13 Big Other and the Rise of Instrumentarian Power
      • 14 A Utopia of Certainty
      • 15 The Instrumentarian Collective
      • 16 Of Life in the Hive
      • 17 The Right to Sanctuary
    • CONCLUSION
      • 18 A Coup from Above
    • Acknowledgments
    • About the Author
    • Praise for "The Age of Surveillance Capitalism"
    • Detailed Table of Contents
    • Notes
    • Index