The square and the tower: networks and power from the Freemason to Facebook

Author's name: Neil Fergisndar Publisher: Dar Al-Tanweer for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2019 About the book: The twentieth century has been praised as the age of networks. But Neil Fergisndar argues in "The Square and the Tower" that networks have always been with us, from the structure of the brain to the food chain, from the family tree to the Freemasons. Throughout history, while static hierarchical systems in tall towers claimed to govern us, real power was hidden below, in networks, in the town square. And because networks tend to innovate and renew, revolutionary ideas spread through them in an infectious viral manner. And the conspiracy theorists' imagination about these networks does not mean they are not real.