The World Computer: Derivative Conditions of Racial Capitalism
(Part of the Thought in the Act Series)
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In The World Computer Jonathan Beller forcefully demonstrates that the history of commodification generates information itself. Out of the omnipresent calculus imposed by commodification, information emerges historically as a new money form. Investigating its subsequent financialization of daily life and colonization of semiotics, Beller situates the development of myriad systems for quantifying the value of people, objects, and affects as...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1478011165
ISBN13:9781478011163
Release Date:February 2021
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.04 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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