Digital Exposure [electronic resource] : Postmodern Postcapitalism /
Sassower, R.author.
This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism and socialism can be mapped as postcapitalism onto this new world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- The digital evolution in postmodernity -- Postcapitalism : materialism, decentralization, and globalization -- Political economy : freedom, surveillance, and entrepreneurship -- Legality and morality : intellectual property, virtual currency, and corporate responsibility -- Conclusion -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
This book adopts an explicitly postmodernist perspective of the digital revolution. While exploring issues relating to the re-creation of social life in the digital world, its main focus is on the political economy and in particular the extent to which the paradigms of capitalism and socialism can be mapped as postcapitalism onto this new world.
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