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1 online resource (xvii, 187 pages) |
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Critical, digital and social media studies |
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| Summary |
"The United States presents the greatest source of global geo-political violence and instability. Guided by the radical political economy tradition, this book offers an analysis of the USA's historical impulse to weaponize communication technologies. Scott Timcke explores the foundations of this impulse and how the militarization of digital society creates structural injustices and social inequalities. He analyses how new digital communication technologies support American paramountcy and conditions for worldwide capital accumulation. Identifying selected features of contemporary American society, Capital, State, Empire undertakes a materialist critique of this digital society and of the New American Way of War. At the same time it demonstrates how the American security state represses activists--such as Black Lives Matter--who resist this emerging security leviathan. The book also critiques the digital positivism behind the algorithmic regulation used to control labour and further diminish prospects for human flourishing for the '99%'. Capital, State, Empire contributes to a broader understanding of the dynamics of global capitalism and political power in the early 21st century." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-177) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- chapter 1. A material critique of digital society -- chapter 2. Extraction, expansion and economies of bondage -- chapter 3. Calculation, computation and conflict -- chapter 4. Internal rule and the other America -- chapter 5. External rule and 'free-trade' -- chapter 6. Minds, brains, and disciplinary programs -- Conclusion. Digital coercion and the tendency towards unfree labour -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
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Information society -- Political aspects.
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Digital communications -- Political aspects.
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National security -- United States.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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United States -- Economic conditions.
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Société de l'information -- Aspect politique.
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Transmission numérique -- Aspect politique.
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États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement.
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États-Unis -- Conditions économiques.
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Communication studies.
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Economics, finance, business and management.
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Economics.
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Geopolitics.
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Interdisciplinary studies.
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International relations.
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Media studies.
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Political control and freedoms.
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Political economy.
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Politics and government.
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Reference, information and interdisciplinary subjects.
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Social discrimination and inequality Mod Social discrimination and inequality.
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Social issues and processes.
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Society and culture: general.
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Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- State.
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Capitalism -- Social aspects
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Economic history
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Information society -- Political aspects
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National security
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Politics and government
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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| Indexed Term |
Communication technologies |
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Digital society |
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Empire |
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Global capitalism, |
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Inequality |
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Militarization |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Timcke, Scott. Capital, state, empire. London : University of Westminster Press, 2017 (DLC) 2017491373 |
| ISBN |
9781911534372 (electronic bk.) |
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1911534378 (electronic bk.) |
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9781911534365 |
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191153436X |
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9781911534389 |
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1911534386 |
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9781911534396 |
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1911534394 |
| Standard No. |
10.16997/book6 doi |
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AU@ 000069443128 |
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UKMGB 019437722 |
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AU@ 000064850854 |
