Reconsidering Value and Labour in the Digital Age

This volume explores current interventions into the digital labour theory of value, proposing theoretical and empirical work that contributes to our understanding of Marx's labour theory of value, proposes how labour and value are transformed under conditions of virtuality, and employ the theory in order to shed light on specific practices.

About the author

Thomas Allmer, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Olivier Frayssé, University of Paris Sorbonne, France.

Andrea Fumagalli, University of Pavia, Italy.

Kylie Jarrett, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland.

Arwid Lund, University of Uppsala, Sweden.

Yuqi Na, University of Westminster, UK.

Brice Nixon, University of La Verne, US.

Frederick H. Pitts, University of Bath, UK.

Jernej Amon Prodnik, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

Jakob Rigi, SOAS, London University, UK.

Marisol Sandoval, City University London, UK.

Sebastian Sevignani, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Germany.

Bingqing Xia, Macau University of Science and Technology, China.

Summary

This volume explores current interventions into the digital labour theory of value, proposing theoretical and empirical work that contributes to our understanding of Marx's labour theory of value, proposes how labour and value are transformed under conditions of virtuality, and employ the theory in order to shed light on specific practices.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Fisher Fuchs
• Assisted by: Fisher (Editor), Fisher (Editor), Eran Fisher (Editor), Christia Fuchs (Editor), Christian Fuchs (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.2015
• EAN: 9781349570775
• ISBN: 978-1-349-57077-5
• No. of pages: 281
• Series: Dynamics of Virtual Work; Dynamics of Virtual Work
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Culture, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Social Theory, Political Theory, Political science & theory, Regional and Cultural Studies, Regional Cultural Studies, Sociology, general, Regional Studies, Social sciences—Philosophy, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Culture—Study and teaching, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Sociology of Work, Industrial sociology