(De)automating the future Marxist perspectives on capitalism and technology

"Much has been written about the prospects of automation in recent years. While many have raised concerns over the threat of technological mass unemployment, others have anticipated a fully automated communist utopia which will provide mate- rial abundance to everyone. (De)Automating the Future...

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Weitere Verfasser: Fehrle, Johannes (HerausgeberIn), Lieber, Marlon (HerausgeberIn), Ramírez, J. Jesse (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Leiden Brill 2024
Schriftenreihe:Historical materialism book series volume 321
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Zusammenfassung:"Much has been written about the prospects of automation in recent years. While many have raised concerns over the threat of technological mass unemployment, others have anticipated a fully automated communist utopia which will provide mate- rial abundance to everyone. (De)Automating the Future gathers chapters that critically investigate automation's ambivalences from inter-disciplinary Marxist perspectives. The contributions raise questions about automation's affordances for postcapital- ism, its transformation of manual and mental labour, and its role in the intensification of class antagonisms and exploitation"--
Beschreibung:X, 350 Seiten
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ISBN:9789004703919
978-90-04-70391-9