Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism

The 'end of history' has not taken place. Ideological and economic crisis and the status quo of neoliberal capitalism since 2008 demand a renewed engagement with Marx. But if we are to effectively resist capitalism we must truly understand Marx: Marxism today must theorise how communication technologies, media representation and digitalisation have come to define contemporary capitalism. There is an urgent need for critical, Marxian-inspired knowledge as a foundation for changing the world and the way we communicate from digital capitalism towards communicative socialism and digital communism. Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism does exactly this. Delving into Marx's most influential works, such as Capital, The Grundrisse, Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts, The German Ideology and The Communist Manifesto, Christian Fuchs draws out Marx's concepts of machinery, technology, communication and ideology, all of which anticipate major themes of the digital age. A concise and coherent work of Marxist media and communication theory, the book ultimately demonstrates the relevance of Marx to an age of digital and communicative capitalism.

A propos de l'auteur

Christian Fuchs is a leading critical theorist of communication and society. He is a Professor at the University of Westminster, co-editor of the open access journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism and Critique, and the author of Digital Demagogue (Pluto, 2018) and Social Media: A Critical Introduction (Sage, 2017) amongst other works.

Résumé

In order to fight capitalism in the digital age, we must understand Marx!

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Fuchs Christian, Christian Fuchs
• Edition: Pluto
• Contenu: Livre
• Forme du produit: Livre de poche
• Date de parution: 31.10.2019
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Politique, société, économie > Politique; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Economie > Général, dictionnaires; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Philosophie > Général, dictionnaires
• EAN: 9780745339993
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-3999-3
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Catégories: Kommunismus, Marx, Karl, Wirtschaftspolitik, Profit, Marxismus, Wirtschaftstheorie, 21. Jahrhundert (2000 bis 2100 n. Chr.), it, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, Capitalism, Wirtschaftstheorie und -philosophie, Informationstechnologiebranche, Computing & IT: Benutzerhandbücher, informationstechnologie, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Money, Labour, Class, Philosophie / Gesellschaft, Politik, Staat, Technologie / Informationstechnologie, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Digital / Digitalisierung (Politik, Wirtschaft, Gesellschaft), COMPUTERS / Networking / Local Area Networks (LANs), 21st Century, exploitation, Value, Information technology industries, commodity, Digital lifestyle, Wages, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Social & political philosophy, Work, social and political philosophy, Ideology, Capital, Political Economy, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Alienation, Digital Lifestyle and online world: consumer and user guides, Marxism & Communism, post-capitalism, Accumulation, Fetishism, Profits, Prices, digital communication technologies, the communist manifesto, surplus labour, surplus-value, digital capitalism, The German Ideology, communicative capitalism, the labour theory of value, necessary labour, exchange-value, Contribution to Critique of Political Economy, The Civil War in France, use-value, The Grundrisse, labour-time, abstract and concrete labour, Class Struggles in France, The 18th Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte, Economic & Philosophic Manuscripts, Theories of Surplus-Value