Technocapitalism

A Critical Perspective on Technological Innovation and Corporatism

Autor: Luis Suarez-Villa

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A new version of capitalism, grounded in technology and science, is spawning new forms of corporate...

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Autor

Luis Suarez-Villa

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2009

Pagini

230

EAN

9781439900420

ISBN

1439900426

Enbook ID

05075888

Editura

Temple University Press,U.S.

Greutate

402

Dimensiuni

149 x 217 x 23

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A new version of capitalism, grounded in technology and science, is spawning new forms of corporate power and organization that will have major implications for the twenty-first century. Technological creativity is thereby turned into a commodity in new corporate regimes that are primarily oriented toward research and intellectual appropriation. This phenomenon is likely to have major social, economic and political consequences, as the new corporatism becomes ever more intrusive and rapacious through its control over technology and innovation. In his provocative book Technocapitalism, Luis Suarez-Villa addresses this phenomenon from the perspective of radical political economy and social criticism. Grounded in the premise that relations of power influence how human creativity and technology are exploited by the new corporatism, the author argues that new forms of democratic participation and resistance are needed, if the social pathologies created by this new version of capitalism are to be checked. Considering the new sectors affected by technocapitalism, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, bioinformatics, and genomics, Suarez-Villa deciphers the common threads of power and organization that drive their corporatization. These new sectors, and the corporate apparatus set up to extract profit and power through them, are imposing standards, creating business models, molding social governance, and influencing social relations at all levels. The new reality they create is likely to affect most every aspect of human existence, including work, health, life, and nature itself.

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