Digital Capitalism and its Limits
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been described as the next big leap in digital capitalism. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 3D printing and robotisation, we are led to believe, will bring more progress, growth and development while also helping us t...
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| author | Bauwens, Michel Castel-Branco, Ruth Daaboul, Mayssam Duncan, Jane Kranjc, Rok Kwet, Michael Mohubetswane Mashilo, Alex Mokhema, Seipati Nana, Constantine N Satgoor, Ujala Siwawa, Vincent Webster, Edward |
| author_browse | Bauwens, Michel Castel-Branco, Ruth Daaboul, Mayssam Duncan, Jane Kranjc, Rok Kwet, Michael Mohubetswane Mashilo, Alex Mokhema, Seipati Nana, Constantine N Satgoor, Ujala Siwawa, Vincent Webster, Edward |
| author_facet | Bauwens, Michel Castel-Branco, Ruth Daaboul, Mayssam Duncan, Jane Kranjc, Rok Kwet, Michael Mohubetswane Mashilo, Alex Mokhema, Seipati Nana, Constantine N Satgoor, Ujala Siwawa, Vincent Webster, Edward |
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| description | The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been described as the next big leap in digital capitalism. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 3D printing and robotisation, we are led to believe, will bring more progress, growth and development while also helping us to resolve the deep and multiple crises the world is in. Billions are being invested in these technologies, accompanied by sharp geopolitical rivalries to secure an edge in the control over them.
Volume 8 in the Democratic Marxism series invites readers to think more deeply and critically about digital capitalism and its limits. While most governments in the world, including South Africa, have accepted a techno-nationalist narrative and have deliberated on the risks for the planet and humanity, the volume interrogates the effects and consequences of advances in artificial intelligence and heightened technological innovation and industrialisation on employment, democracy and the climate.
Viewing the grand social engineering of 4IR through a Marxist lens, the volume contributors engage critically with the class project of digital monopoly capitalism and its powerful totalitarian tendencies. They question the dangerous technotopian imaginary shaping this digital techno-shift, the implications of algorithmic data extractivism, the securitisation of already weak market democracies, the social consequences of digital learning, lack of regulation, and the power dynamics in the labour process.
Anchored in techno-realism, the interdisciplinary perspective captured in this volume puts forward alternatives for democratisation and a just transition to protect human and non-human life.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been vaunted as the next big leap in digital capitalism. Technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 3D printing and robotisation mark this shift that promises not only more progress, growth and development but also solutions to the multiple crises the world is in. However, the billions being invested in these technologies are accompanied by sharp geopolitical rivalries to secure an edge in the control over them. Volume 8 in the Democratic Marxism series, Digital Capitalism and its Limits, questions the dangerous technotopian imaginary shaping this digital-techno shift to examine the risks and power dynamics involved. Contributors delve into the implications of algorithmic data extractivism, the securitisation of already weak market democracies, the social consequences of digital learning, regulatory lags and power dynamics in the labour process, as well as the possible emancipatory futures of such technologies. Anchored in techno-realism, this volume invites us all, from an interdisciplinary perspective, to think more deeply and critically about digital capitalism. We need to reject aspects of it in the public interest, and we may need to democratise it and subject it to a just transition to protect human and non-human life. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1589652025-04-30T04:10:08Z Digital Capitalism and its Limits Bauwens, Michel Castel-Branco, Ruth Daaboul, Mayssam Duncan, Jane Kranjc, Rok Kwet, Michael Mohubetswane Mashilo, Alex Mokhema, Seipati Nana, Constantine N Satgoor, Ujala Siwawa, Vincent Webster, Edward Satgar, Vishwas fourth industrial revolution;artificial intelligence;technotopias;big data;techno-financial capitalism;automation;robotics;surveillance capitalism;platform economy The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been described as the next big leap in digital capitalism. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 3D printing and robotisation, we are led to believe, will bring more progress, growth and development while also helping us to resolve the deep and multiple crises the world is in. Billions are being invested in these technologies, accompanied by sharp geopolitical rivalries to secure an edge in the control over them. Volume 8 in the Democratic Marxism series invites readers to think more deeply and critically about digital capitalism and its limits. While most governments in the world, including South Africa, have accepted a techno-nationalist narrative and have deliberated on the risks for the planet and humanity, the volume interrogates the effects and consequences of advances in artificial intelligence and heightened technological innovation and industrialisation on employment, democracy and the climate. Viewing the grand social engineering of 4IR through a Marxist lens, the volume contributors engage critically with the class project of digital monopoly capitalism and its powerful totalitarian tendencies. They question the dangerous technotopian imaginary shaping this digital techno-shift, the implications of algorithmic data extractivism, the securitisation of already weak market democracies, the social consequences of digital learning, lack of regulation, and the power dynamics in the labour process. Anchored in techno-realism, the interdisciplinary perspective captured in this volume puts forward alternatives for democratisation and a just transition to protect human and non-human life. ; The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been vaunted as the next big leap in digital capitalism. Technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, 3D printing and robotisation mark this shift that promises not only more progress, growth and development but also solutions to the multiple crises the world is in. However, the billions being invested in these technologies are accompanied by sharp geopolitical rivalries to secure an edge in the control over them. Volume 8 in the Democratic Marxism series, Digital Capitalism and its Limits, questions the dangerous technotopian imaginary shaping this digital-techno shift to examine the risks and power dynamics involved. Contributors delve into the implications of algorithmic data extractivism, the securitisation of already weak market democracies, the social consequences of digital learning, regulatory lags and power dynamics in the labour process, as well as the possible emancipatory futures of such technologies. Anchored in techno-realism, this volume invites us all, from an interdisciplinary perspective, to think more deeply and critically about digital capitalism. We need to reject aspects of it in the public interest, and we may need to democratise it and subject it to a just transition to protect human and non-human life. 2025-04-29T04:09:10Z 2025-04-29T04:09:10Z 2025-04-28T12:05:57Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101192 9781776148264 9781776146994 9781776149407 9781776149414 9781776149421 9781776149438 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/158965 eng Democratic Marxisms open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101192/1/9781776149445_WEB.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101192/1/9781776149445_WEB.pdf Wits University Press 10.18772/22025049407 10.18772/22025049407 5964138d-a857-41b2-823c-a1f4937b3189 Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung 9781776148264 9781776146994 9781776149407 9781776149414 9781776149421 9781776149438 208 Johannesburg open access |
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