{"product_id":"megacorporation-the-infinite-times-of-alphabet-hardback-9781108428026","title":"Megacorporation; The Infinite Times of Alphabet (Hardback) 9781108428026","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMegacorporation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Infinite Times of Alphabet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrough its many subsidiaries, the megacorporations Alphabet, Google's parent company, is fundamentally transforming our experience of the past, present and future.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGlen Whelan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108428026, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e200 pages\u003cbr\u003e24 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Glen Whelan's book, Megacorporation, offers a unique and compelling critique on the way our lives are captured and framed by megacorporations with their vast reach and their insatiable quest for our data.' Kirsten Martin, William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of Technology Ethics, University of Notre Dame  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhen the scale and scope of influence that a corporation wields is so great that it eclipses that of nearly all other corporations combined, it attains megacorporate status. Whelan proposes that, amongst the current big tech cohort, it is only Alphabet, the parent company of Google, that can be categorized as such. In advancing a novel philosophical perspective, and aspiring to an amoral ideal of analysis, Whelan reveals Alphabet's activities to be informed by the ideology of infinite times, consequently transforming how we experience the past, present and the future at personal and social levels. By shining a light on such corporate existential impacts, Megacorporation: The Infinite Times of Alphabet opens up a new field of research that makes the philosophical analysis of business and society an everyday concern. This novel study on corporate social influence will appeal to readers interested in big tech, business and society, political economy and organization studies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Birth of a Megacorporation: 2. Megacorporations\u003cbr\u003e 3. Alphabet\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Shaping our Pasts and Futures: 4. Personal pasts\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social pasts\u003cbr\u003e 6. Personal futures\u003cbr\u003e 7. Social futures\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Megadeath: 8. A finite ideology\u003cbr\u003e 9. Immediate threats.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Technology: general issues [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Technology: general issues\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Technology:%20general%20issues%20%5BTB%5D%22\"\u003eTB\u003c\/a\u003e], Ownership \u0026amp; organization of enterprises [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ownership \u0026amp; organization of enterprises\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ownership%20\u0026amp;%20organization%20of%20enterprises%20%5BKJV%5D%22\"\u003eKJV\u003c\/a\u003e], Organizational theory \u0026amp; behaviour [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Organizational theory \u0026amp; behaviour\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Organizational%20theory%20\u0026amp;%20behaviour%20%5BKJU%5D%22\"\u003eKJU\u003c\/a\u003e], Business ethics \u0026amp; social responsibility [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business ethics \u0026amp; social responsibility\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20ethics%20\u0026amp;%20social%20responsibility%20%5BKJG%5D%22\"\u003eKJG\u003c\/a\u003e], Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004854358296,"sku":"9781108428026","price":93.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108428026i.jpg?v=1696699787","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/megacorporation-the-infinite-times-of-alphabet-hardback-9781108428026","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}