Digital Capitalism and Distributive Forces

Sabine Pfeiffer

ISBN 10: 3837658937 / ISBN 13: 9783837658934

Published by Transcript, Transcript Verlag Feb 2022, 2022

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Neuware - Are robots taking away our jobs Those who ask this question have misunderstood digitalisation - it is not an industrial revolution by other means. Sabine Pfeiffer searches for the actual novelties brought about by digitalisation and digital capitalism. In her analysis, she juxtaposes Marx's concept of productive force with the idea of distributive force. From the platform economy to artificial intelligence, Pfeiffer shows that digital capitalism is less about the efficient production of value, but rather about its fast, risk-free, and permanently secured realisation on the markets. The examination of this dynamic and its consequences also leads to the question of how destructive the distributive forces of digital capitalism might be.

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• Title: Digital Capitalism and Distributive Forces
• Publisher: Transcript, Transcript Verlag Feb 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837658937
• ISBN 13: 9783837658934
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Are robots taking away our jobs? Those who ask this question have misunderstood digitalisation - it is not an industrial revolution by other means. Sabine Pfeiffer searches for the actual novelties brought about by digitalisation and digital capitalism. In her analysis, she juxtaposes Marx's concept of productive force with the idea of distributive force. From the platform economy to artificial intelligence, Pfeiffer shows that digital capitalism is less about the efficient production of value, but rather about its fast, risk-free, and permanently secured realisation on the markets. The examination of this dynamic and its consequences also leads to the question of how destructive the distributive forces of digital capitalism might be.

About the Author

Sabine Pfeiffer (Dr. phil. habil.), geb. 1966, ist Professorin für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Technik, Arbeit, Gesellschaft an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg und Sprecherin des DFG-Schwerpunktprogramms 2267 "Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelten". Nach Ausbildung und Berufstätigkeit als Werkzeugmacherin und Studium der Soziologie war sie u.a. am ISF München tätig sowie Professorin für »Innovation und kreative Entwicklung« an der Hochschule München und Professorin für Soziologie an der Universität Hohenheim. Sie forscht seit den 1990er Jahren zum Wandel von Arbeit und Digitalisierung und ist u.a. Mitglied im Forschungsbeirat der »Plattform Industrie 4.0« und im »Rat der Arbeitswelt«.