1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996456644403316

Autore

Pfeiffer Sabine

Titolo

Digital Capitalism and Distributive Forces / / Sabine Pfeiffer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

3-8394-5893-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

X-Texte zu Kultur und Gesellschaft

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Content -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Digital Capitalism Revisited-again? -- 3. The First Blind Spot: Value in Digital Capitalism -- 4. Transformation and the Productive Forces -- 5. The Second Blind Spot: The Realisation of Value in (Digital) Capitalism -- 6. The Distributive Forces and (Digital) Capitalism: What is New? -- 7. The Distributive Forces and (Digital) Capitalism: Some Clarifications -- 8. The Distributive Forces in Digital Capitalism: Some Empirical Illustrations -- 9. Digitalisation: Distributive Force or Destructive Force? -- Bibliography -- List of Figures

Sommario/riassunto

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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Record Nr.

UNISA996602571103316

Autore

Thomas Paul

Titolo

A Somali-Norwegian Saga : My Journey from Refugee to Cab Driver to Professor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin/Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9783111440767

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 pages)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Confessions: Navigating the Third Space -- 2 Setting the Stage: A Prelude to the Odyssey -- 3 Beginnings -- 4 From Cricket to Snowy Woods -- 5 Big Brother is watching out for you -- 6 Exploring Somali Experiences in the USA and Norway -- 7 "Learning to See Whiteness": An Unaddressed Education -- 8 Refugees, Self-Reliance, and Education -- 9 Fare and Unfair: Perils and Pitfalls of Taxi Livelihood -- 10 Immigrant Workers in Norway's Taxi and Care Sectors -- 11 East is East and West is West: Bonding and Bridging cultural differences -- 12 From the "Melanin Meter" to Scholar -- 13 Beneath the City Lights: Anomie, Crime, and Urban Despair -- 14 Melanin in Ivory Towers: Sharp Elbows and Steely Resolve -- 15 Conclusion: Bridging Worlds -- Bibliography.