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PublisherPluto Press

ISBN-100745339999

ISBN-139780745339993

eBay Product ID (ePID)11038423915

Product Key Features

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameRereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism

SubjectCommunication Studies, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Public Policy / Science & Technology Policy, History & Theory, Networking / Local Area Networks (Lans)

Publication Year2019

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaPolitical Science, Computers, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorChristian Fuchs

FormatUk-Trade Paper

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight6.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2023-301314

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'A fascinating, comprehensive, and persuasive account of Marxism's continued relevance for understanding - and changing - our contemporary digital world', 'A 'creative renewal' of Marx, emphasising his relevance for digital capitalism. The concepts Fuchs revisits are essential to a critical media and communication theory for the twenty-first century. A must reread!', 'Christian Fuchs is among the most important critical theorists of communication writing today, Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism one of his most appealing books. Its fusion of deep Marxist scholarship with highly contemporary case studies, ranging from digital automation to new thinking about anti-capitalist struggle, is not to be missed', 'A "creative renewal" of Marx, emphasizing his relevance for digital capitalism. The concepts Fuchs revisits are essential to a critical media and communication theory for the twenty-first century. A must reread!', 'Societies change with the pace of developments in technology and revolutionary practices. The contradictions that capital presently experiences arise with increasing frequency in the structures of communication and technology. Fuchs rereads Marx in the present, in that tangle of explosive contradictions, indicating with clarity and force the necessary path of theoretical militancy today', 'Christian Fuchs is the world's foremost Marxist analyst of contemporary capitalist media. With this important book, he demonstrates not just why Marx remains vital to understanding the world; he puts Marx to use in helping us figure out how to change it'

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal335.4

Table Of ContentAcknowledgements 1. Introduction: Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism 2. Rereading Marx's Capital in the Information Age 3. Rereading Marx as Critical Sociologist of Technology 4. Rereading Marx as Critical Theorist of Communication 5. Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism: The Case of Industry 4.0 and the Industrial Internet as the Digital German Ideology 6. Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism: Reflections on Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri's Book Assembly 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

SynopsisThe '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.

LC Classification NumberHX39.5