Horizons of Anthropology vs The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cultural Policy, Cultural, Public Policy, Anthropology, Social Science, Political science
Horizons of Anthropology
The scientific study of human evolution and culture is about a hundred years old. This volume surveys its achievements and methods. Originally published more than forty years ago, the volume's contributors include…
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
"Shoshana Zuboff, named "the true prophet of the information age" by the Financial Times, has always been ahead of her time. Her seminal book In the Age of the Smart Machine foresaw the consequences of a then-unfolding…
The verdict
- Readers rate The Age of Surveillance Capitalism highest: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 4.0 · Horizons of Anthropology 3.8.
- Horizons of Anthropology is the quickest read — about 5 hours vs 13 for The Age of Surveillance Capitalism.
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism has the widest readership — 89 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Horizons of Anthropology | The Age of Surveillance Capitalism | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.8 (4) | — |
| Hardcover | — | 3.8 (89) |
| Google Books | — | 5.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (59) |
Reception
| Horizons of Anthropology | The Age of Surveillance Capitalism | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 4 | 89 |
| Editions | 17 | 10 |
| Citations | 7 | — |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 3742 |
| Pages | 288 | 704 |