Cyber-Proletariat

Global Labour in the Digital Vortex

AvNick Dyer-Witheford

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Del i serien Digital Barricades

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Beskrivning

An unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation, Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution. From Coltan mines in the Congo; electronics factories in China and devastated neighbourhoods in Detroit, this book reveals how technology facilitates growing polarisation between wealthy elites and precarious workers. Nick Dyer-Witheford reveals the class domination behind everything from expanding online surveillance to intensifying robotisation. At the same time, he looks at possibilities for information technology within radical movements; contemporary struggles are cast in the blue glow of the computer screen.This book brings heterodox Marxist analysis to bear on modern technological developments. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how Silicon Valley shapes the way we live today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-05-20
Mått:135 x 215 x 14 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Digital Barricades
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Pluto Press
ISBN:9780745334035

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Nick Dyer-Witheford is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at University of Western Ontario. He is author of Cyber-Marx (University of Illinois, 1999), and co-author of Digital Play (McGill-Queen's, 2003), Games of Empire (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) Cyber-Proletariat (Pluto, 2015), and the co-author of Inhuman Power (Pluto, 2019).

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'Tracks the eddies and flows of the perfect storm that is contemporary capitalism. This panoramic work reveals the relentless force of material destruction and brutal violence concealed by the sleek surfaces of digital culture'

Innehållsförteckning

Series PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Proletariat 2. Vortex 3. Cybernetic 4. Silicon 5. Circulation 6. Mobile 7. Globe 8. Cascade 9. Aftermath 10. Front Bibliography Index