Book Review: Media Capitalism. Hegemony in the Age of Mass Deception
Book Review: Media Capitalism. Hegemony in the Age of Mass Deception
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书评：媒体资本主义。
DOI：
10.1177/10242589221123774a
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发表时间：
2022
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通讯作者：
György Széll
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作者：
György Széll
Cant认为，这两种观点都不是很有希望，因为它们忽视了资本内在的利润导向逻辑。相比之下，他选择了熟悉的“工人阶级的自我解放”，通过一个新的合作经济结构，利用平台组织模式的潜力。然而，交付合作社将面临的巨大困难和问题需要一个有目的的政治支持结构，某种基本收入和整个社会的服务经济。虽然这本书的几个部分给人的印象是，正统的阶级斗争理论和对一种新的、仍然有限的数字资本主义形式的经验观察有些勉强的混合，但坎特的研究充满了有趣和令人鼓舞的分析思考和见解，是一本非常值得阅读的书。
Cant considers that these two perspectives are not very promising as they neglect capital’s intrinsic profit-oriented logic. He, by contrast, opts for the familiar ‘self-emancipation of the working class’ through a new cooperative economic structure, harnessing the potential of the platform organisation model. The huge difficulties and problems that delivery co-ops would face, however, require a purposeful political support structure, some sort of basic income and a service economy for society as a whole. Although several parts of the book give the impression of a somewhat forced mixture of orthodox class struggle theory and empirical observations of a new and still limited form of digital capitalism, Cant’s study is full of interesting and encouraging analytic reflections and insights and is a very recommendable read.