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Record Nr.

UNINA9911010579903321

Autore

Fuchs Christian

Titolo

World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Westminster Press, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

1-915445-79-5

1-915445-78-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 pages)

Collana

Critical, Digital and Social Media Series

Disciplina

303.66

Soggetti

World politics

World politics - 21st century - Forecasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: War, Peace, and Digital Capitalism -- 2. On Violence -- 3. On Digital Violence -- 4. On Digital War -- 5. On Digital Capitalism -- 6. On Global Capitalism -- 7. On Global (Digital) Capitalism's Political Economy: The Economic Dimension -- 8. On Global (Digital) Capitalism's Political Economy: The Political and Military Dimension -- 9. World Peace -- 10. The United Nations, Human Rights, and World Peace -- 11. World Peace and Democratic (Digital) Socialism -- 12. Conclusion: World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism.

Sommario/riassunto

World politics has become highly polarised, and a new world war has become more likely.The United Nations' 2024  Pact for the Future  expressed concerns about 'the growing risks of a nuclear war which could pose an existential threat to humanity'.