Marx and the Robots - Networked Production, AI and Human Labour (Hardcover)

Marxist discourse around automation has recently become waylaid with breathless techno-pessimist dystopias and fanciful imaginations of automated luxury communism. This collection of essays by both established veterans of the field and new voices is a refreshingly sober materialist reflection on recent technological developments within capitalist production. It covers a broad range of digital aspects now proliferating across our work and lives, including chapters on the digitalisation of agriculture, robotics in the factory and the labour process on crowdworking platforms. It looks to how 20th century Marxist predictions of the 'workerless factory' are, or are not, coming true, and how 'Platform Capitalism' should be understood and critiqued. Through rich empirical, theoretical and historical material, this book is necessary reading for those wanting a clear overview of our digital world.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2022
Editors:	Florian Butollo • Sabine Nuss
Translators:	Jan-Peter Herrmann
Dimensions:	215 x 135mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Library binding
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-4438-6
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Computing & IT > Computer communications & networking > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Marxism & Communism Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General Promotions
LSN:	0-7453-4438-0
Barcode:	9780745344386

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