Telépolis

Synopsis of Telépolis

«Telépolis» is the essay by Javier Echeverría, published by Destino in paperback (187 pages, in Spanish).

Telépolis describes the «city at a distance»: a new form of social organisation, spread across the planet thanks to television, computing and other audiovisual technologies. Echeverría studies the transformation of domestic spheres and an economy where leisure becomes work, without advancing a value judgement.

First edition published in Barcelona in 1994, in the Ensayos / Destino collection (no. 17).

For readers interested in the philosophy of technology and in the analysis of how the media transform society.