The Poverty of Anti-realism
From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledge—particularly over data and intellectual property—has become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and political power. For companies and governments alike, control over knowledge—what scholar Susan Strange calls t...
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| description | From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledge—particularly over data and intellectual property—has become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and political power. For companies and governments alike, control over knowledge—what scholar Susan Strange calls the knowledge structure—has become a goal unto itself. The rising dominance of the knowledge structure is leading to a massive redistribution of power, including from individuals to companies and states. Strong intellectual property rights have concentrated economic benefits in a smaller number of hands, while the “internet of things” is reshaping basic notions of property, ownership, and control. In the scramble to create and control data and intellectual property, governments and companies alike are engaging in ever-more surveillance. This open access book is a guide to and analysis of these changes, and of the emerging phenomenon of the knowledge-driven society. It highlights how the pursuit of the control over knowledge has become its own ideology, with its own set of experts drawn from those with the ability to collect and manipulate digital data. Haggart and Tusikov propose a workable path forward—knowledge decommodification—to ensure that our new knowledge is not treated simply as a commodity to be bought and sold, but as a way to meet the needs of the individuals and communities that create this knowledge in the first place. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1759702026-04-20T09:27:18Z The Poverty of Anti-realism Førland, Tor Egil Mitrovic, Branko Colligatory concepts Epistemology Historical idealism Historical realism Historiographic realism Narrativism Philosophy of historiography Postructuralism Relativism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC9 History of ideas From the global geopolitical arena to the smart city, control over knowledge—particularly over data and intellectual property—has become a key battleground for the exercise of economic and political power. For companies and governments alike, control over knowledge—what scholar Susan Strange calls the knowledge structure—has become a goal unto itself. The rising dominance of the knowledge structure is leading to a massive redistribution of power, including from individuals to companies and states. Strong intellectual property rights have concentrated economic benefits in a smaller number of hands, while the “internet of things” is reshaping basic notions of property, ownership, and control. In the scramble to create and control data and intellectual property, governments and companies alike are engaging in ever-more surveillance. This open access book is a guide to and analysis of these changes, and of the emerging phenomenon of the knowledge-driven society. It highlights how the pursuit of the control over knowledge has become its own ideology, with its own set of experts drawn from those with the ability to collect and manipulate digital data. Haggart and Tusikov propose a workable path forward—knowledge decommodification—to ensure that our new knowledge is not treated simply as a commodity to be bought and sold, but as a way to meet the needs of the individuals and communities that create this knowledge in the first place. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 2026-04-20T09:27:18Z 2026-04-20T09:27:18Z 2026-04-16T09:56:44Z 2023 book ONIX_20260415T184305_9781666933635_32 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/112337 9781666933635 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175970 eng open access Bloomsbury Publishing (US) Lexington Books ceeb1822-124b-4d88-b054-36f77c7cae3f 9781666933635 Lexington Books 246 New York open access |
| spellingShingle | Colligatory concepts Epistemology Historical idealism Historical realism Historiographic realism Narrativism Philosophy of historiography Postructuralism Relativism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC9 History of ideas The Poverty of Anti-realism |
| title | The Poverty of Anti-realism |
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| topic | Colligatory concepts Epistemology Historical idealism Historical realism Historiographic realism Narrativism Philosophy of historiography Postructuralism Relativism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC9 History of ideas |
| topic_facet | Colligatory concepts Epistemology Historical idealism Historical realism Historiographic realism Narrativism Philosophy of historiography Postructuralism Relativism thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDH Philosophical traditions and schools of thought thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies::JBCC9 History of ideas |
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