Hacking Capitalism (Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society)
Description
This incisive study examines how free and open-source software communities challenge established assumptions about ownership, labor, and technological control under capitalism. Drawing on Marxist theory, science and technology studies, and research into hacker culture, it explores the political possibilities—and contradictions—of collaborative digital production. The book considers whether open code and decentralized networks can foster genuinely alternative forms of social organization or whether they may ultimately be absorbed by the market. Rigorous yet accessible, it offers a critical account of technology as both a tool of capitalist power and a potential means of resistance.
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paperback
Routledge
Published Jun 6, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 9780415955430
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First Published
2007
Language
eng
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