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Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex
Nick Dyer-Witheford
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Description for Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex
Paperback. A Marxist analysis of the increasing mechanisation of computerisation of our methods of working. Series: Digital Barricades: Interventions in Digital Culture and Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JFFS; JFSC; JHBL; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
An unsparing analysis of class power and computerisation, Cyber-Proletariat shows us the dark-side of the information revolution. From Coltan mines in the Congo; electronics factories in China and devastated neighbourhoods in Detroit, this book reveals how technology facilitates growing polarisation between wealthy elites and precarious workers. Nick Dyer-Witheford reveals the class domination behind everything from expanding online surveillance to intensifying...
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Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Digital Barricades: Interventions in Digital Culture and Politics
Condition
New
Weight
309g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745334035
SKU
V9780745334035
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About Nick Dyer-Witheford
Nick Dyer-Witheford is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at University of Western Ontario. He is author of Cyber-Marx (University of Illinois, 1999), and co-author of Digital Play (McGill-Queen's, 2003), Games of Empire (University of Minnesota Press, 2009) Cyber-Proletariat (Pluto, 2015), and the co-author of Inhuman Power (Pluto, 2019).
Reviews for Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex
'Accessible ... engrossing ... very much worth a read'
Marx & Philosophy Review of Books 'This accessible, well-written book makes for fascinating reading ... High recommended'
Choice 'A follow up to the classic Cyber-Marx with a synoptic view of the relationship between the poles of the contemporary global proletariat ... written with Dyer-Witherford's well-known eloquence and...
Read moreMarx & Philosophy Review of Books 'This accessible, well-written book makes for fascinating reading ... High recommended'
Choice 'A follow up to the classic Cyber-Marx with a synoptic view of the relationship between the poles of the contemporary global proletariat ... written with Dyer-Witherford's well-known eloquence and...