The "Information Age"

This page lists my Social Science Research Network (SSRN) working papers addressing the subject of "the information age" as previously discussed by its theorists, and the (very different) reality in which we actually live.

"The 'Information Age' Narrative and the Deflection of the Declinist Critique: A Note on the Tech Boom of the 1990s and Its Impact on American Politics." (2023)

"The Information Age Promise of Dematerialization: A Note." (2024)

"The Mood of America in the 1990s: A Note on the American Political Imagination After the Cold War." (2024)

"The Unipolar Moment and the Inflated Technological Expectations of the 1990s: A Note." (2022)

"'The 1990s Are Over': A Note on the Decline of Neoliberalism and the End of Unipolarity." (2022)

"The False Dawn of Information Age Warfare and the Industrial Reality of the Twenty-First Century: A Note." (2024)

"Cyber-Utopianism and Reality: A Note on the Politics of the Internet." (2024)

"To What Extent Was the Left Ever Actually 'Cyber-Utopian?': A Note." (2024)

"The Ascent of the Internet and the Ascent of the Culture War in American Political Life: A Note." (2024)

"Is a Flight into Virtuality Already Underway? A Consideration of Changing Lifeways in the Early Twenty-First Century." (2021)