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[Commlist] New book: The Condition of Digitally: A Post-Modern Marxism for the Practice of Digital Life
Sat Jan 18 13:29:02 GMT 2020
New book
The Condition of Digitally: A Post-Modern Marxism for the Practice of
Digital Life
Robert Hassan
David Harvey’s ‘The Condition of Postmodernity’ rationalised
capitalism’s transformation during an extraordinary year: 1989. It gave
theoretical expression to a material and cultural reality that was just
then getting properly started – globalisation and postmodernity – whilst
highlighting the geo-spatial limits to accumulation imposed by our planet.
However this landmark publication, author Robert Hassan argues, did not
address the arrival of digital technology, the quantum leap represented
by the move from an analogue world to a digital economy and the rapid
creation of a global networked society. Considering first the contexts
of 1989 and Harvey’s work, then the idea of humans as analogue beings he
argues this arising new human condition of digitality leads to
alienation not only from technology but also the environment. This
condition he suggests, is not an ideology of time and space but a
reality stressing that Harvey’s time-space compression takes on new
features including those of ‘outward’ and ‘inward’ globalisation and the
commodification of all spheres of existence.
Lastly the author considers culture’s role drawing on Rahel Jaeggi’s
theories to make the case for a post-modern Marxism attuned to the most
significant issue of our age. Stimulating and theoretically wide-ranging
‘The Condition of Digitality’ recognises post-modernity’s radical new
form as a reality and the urgent need to assert more democratic control
over digitality.
Contents
1. Introduction: A World That Has Changed, But Has Not Changed
2. 1989: David Harvey’s ‘Postmodernity’: The Space Economy of Late
Capitalism.
3. From Analogue to Digital: Theorising the Transition
4. The Condition of Digitality: A New Perspective on Time and Space
5. Economy of Digitality: Limitless Virtual Space and Network Time
6. The Culture of Digitality
7. Digital Alienation
Index
Author
Robert Hassan researches and teaches at the University of Melbourne and
is the author, co-author or editor of numerous monographs and books on
topics such as time, new media theory, politics and the philosophy of
media. His recent works include ‘Uncontained: Digital Connection and the
Experience of Time’ (2019) and ‘The Information Society: Cyber Dreams
and Digital Nightmares’ (2017). Since 2009 he has been Editor-in-Chief
of the journal Time & Society.
Format
212 pages 229 x 152mm
Open Access
PDF, ePub and kindle versions available free from
uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site books:
PDF 978-1-912656-68-4
ePub 978-1-912656-69-1
Kindle 978-1-912656-70-7
DOI: 10.16997/book44
Paperback 978-1-912656-67-7
UK £20.99
US $24.99
EUR €22.90
CAN $32.99
AUS $34.99
Subject
Media Theory| Communication Studies| Digital Media | Cultural Studies
Published open access by the University of Westminster Press
https//www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/10.16997/book44
Published 10 January 2020
This book is published in the Critical Digital and Social Media Studies
Series
https//www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-social-media-studies
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