Internet and freedom

Professor Manuel Castells is the author of the virtual opening lesson for the course 2001-02 of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Professor Castells begins the lesson, "Internet, libertad y sociedad: una perspectiva analítica", with the following question: Can the Internet be controlled?

The lesson has opened a debate that will be held during the whole of October from the web of the UOC. The conference is structured in five parts: 1) Free communication and power control; 2) The freedom culture as Internet developer; 3) Hackers, crackers, security and freedom; 4) The Spanish experience in Internet ruling; 5) Encryptation.

Professor Manuel Castells has joined the UOC, after 21 years of work at the University of California, Berkeley, as Professor of Sociology and Professor of City and Regional Planning. In the last years he has published the trilogy "The Information Age": 1st volume, "The Rise of the Network Society" ; 2nd volume, "The Power of Identity"; 3rd volume, "End of Millennium". The trilogy is translated into Spanish, French, Swedish, Chinese, Portuguese, Russian, Korean, Japanese, Croatian, Bulgarian, Turkish and German.

Date of publication: 09/10/2001

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