{"product_id":"technocapitalism-9781439900420","title":"Technocapitalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA radical critique of a new phase of capitalism grounded in corporate power and its exploitation of technological creativity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In an era when technology is routinely treated as magical and liberatory, Luis Suarez-Villa has written the long overdue and necessary antidote to such flabby analysis and ludicrous self-congratulation. \u003c\/i\u003eTechnocapitalism\u003ci\u003e is an outstanding book that should be read by all students, scholars and citizens who need to understand technology in the real world of capitalism and corporate power rather than the fairy tale world of the upper-middle class individuals doing their own thing in the sacred free marketplace. Our species faces extraordinarily serious issues in the coming generation, and an honest assessment of the political and economic forces around us is the necessary place to begin.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Robert W. McChesney\u003c\/b\u003e, Gutgsell Endowed Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Suarez-Villa has created a highly original work, carefully crafted and well-written. This is a sweeping and grand theoretical analysis of the post post-industrial iteration of capitalism that he terms 'technocapitalism'. The synthesis of literatures is very impressive but the work goes well beyond synthesis to create new arguments and paradigms for understanding contemporary capitalism and its possible futures. The analysis is rooted in a strong humanism that embraces technological change whilst regretting the corporatist forces that shape its direction and manifestations. \u003c\/i\u003eTechnocapitalism\u003ci\u003e represents an important contribution to the scholarly literature.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Joel Bakan\u003c\/b\u003e, author\/filmmaker of \u003ci\u003eThe Corporation\u003c\/i\u003e, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eTechnocapitalism\u003ci\u003e raises important critical perspectives about what Suarez-Villa finds to be the latest major stage of global capitalism. He gathers and analyzes several aspects of the social organization of technological change to provide a distinctive synthesis of literatures and arguments\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Rick Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Visiting Professor at the New School University in New York\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperimentalism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSociety as Laboratory \u003cbr\u003eAccumulation and Power \u003cbr\u003eExperimentalism as System \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCreativity as a Commodity\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCreativity versus Commodification \u003cbr\u003eUtility and Value \u003cbr\u003eReproduction and Commodification \u003cbr\u003eCommodification as Process \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNetworks as Mediators\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNetwork Extent \u003cbr\u003eHierarchies and Control \u003cbr\u003ePower and Inequity \u003cbr\u003eChange over Change \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDecomposing the Corporation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eNetworks versus the Corporation \u003cbr\u003eDecomposition and Power \u003cbr\u003ePathology of Decomposition \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExperimentalist Organizations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSystematized Research Regimes \u003cbr\u003eCollaboration and Power \u003cbr\u003ePathological Pursuits \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChallenges\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDownfall of Public Democracy \u003cbr\u003eHegemony of Corporatism \u003cbr\u003eEmpowering Creativity \u003cbr\u003eRediscovering the Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039836569943,"sku":"9781439900420","price":45.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439900420.jpg?v=1750945007","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/technocapitalism-9781439900420","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}