Post-industrial society
Also known as: post-industrial societies
- 1The post-industrial society is defined by the dominance of the service sector.
- 2Economic wealth is generated primarily through services rather than manufacturing.
- 3The transition marks a shift toward a knowledge-based economy.
- 4This stage follows the traditional industrial society model.
In sociology, the post-industrial society is the stage of society's development when the service sector generates more wealth than the manufacturing sector of the economy.
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socio-economic context for modern neo-Luddite critiques
The transition to a service-based, information-heavy economy has provided the specific technological landscape that neo-Luddites critique for its perceived alienation and loss of traditional skills.
A post-industrial society represents a specific stage in the evolution of a nation's economy. This transition is defined by a fundamental shift in the wealth generation process, where the service sector overtakes the manufacturing sector in economic importance.
Развалины стиценабивной фабрики СНФ в Серпухове Kodak Vision 3 50DWikimedia Commons; Artyom Svetlov; Own work; CC0; Wikimedia Commons: Category:Postindustrial societyCROSS SOUTH project, architect Anhelina Livia StarkovaWikimedia Commons; Anhelina Livia Starkova; Own work; CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikimedia Commons: Category:Postindustrial societyThis illustration shows how post-industrial cultural work (cultural knowledge work) is related to ethics, aesthetics, pragmatics and politics (language, reflexivity and temporality).Wikimedia Commons; Culturalknowledgeworker; created with powerpoint Previously published: In the thesis "The Politics of Post-Industrial Cultural Knowledge Work" (2011) by René Stettler, University of Plymouth, UK.; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons: Category:P... In this sociological framework, the focus of the economy moves away from the production of physical goods toward the provision of services, information, and knowledge. This structural change often correlates with advancements in technology, increased urbanization, and a higher demand for specialized labor, marking a departure from the traditional industrial models that characterized the preceding era.