In Lifeworld Inc., world-renowned social theorist Nigel Thrift presents his writings on the current state of Western economies and societies. He points to four developments which, taken together, are changing how Western economies and societies respond and are reproduced:

• new forms of information technology
• the 'security-entertainment complex'
• new forms of affective engineering
• the 'densification' of place.

Nigel Thrift is a Visiting Professor in Oxford and Tsinghua Universities. He was previously Executive Director of Schwarzman Scholars, Vice-Chancellor at the University of Warwick and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at Oxford University.

1. 'The Insubstantial Pageant'
2. 'Lifeworld Inc.'
3. 'Understanding the Material Practices of Glamour'
4. 'Different atmospheres'
5. 'Halos'
6. 'Nothing Dead Anywhere'