{"product_id":"algorithmic-capital-isbn-9781804299005","title":"Algorithmic Capital","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rich and audacious account of the mutually reinforcing transformations of capitalism and technology in the age of AI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides a critical theory of the new stage of algorithmic capitalism, and maps out paths for critique and resistance. AI and algorithms are not just technologies, they are rooted in new capitalist forms and processes that transcend economics and technology. as a result, they profoundly reshape social reality, politics, culture and subjectivities. Set out in 20 theses, that stretch from geopolitics, the mining of rare earths, labour, crypto, influencers, climate change, GenAI, social acceleration, Silicon Valley ideologies and predictive policing, this book situates contemporary social change in the context of the advent of algorithmic capital. Through this the authors show how the valorization of data and the development of AI are symptoms of deeper socio-economic and political mutations. Algorithmic capital is, at once, a logic of accumulation, a form of social power, a mediation of social relations and a relation to nature, as well as a multidimensional reality that profoundly reshapes social life. In the face of this new stage of capitalism, the book explores paths towards organizing and resistance, tracing ways of fighting and exiting algorithmic capitalism towards a post-capitalist and just world.Thesis 1\u003cbr\u003eWe Need a Critical Theory of Algorithms\u003cbr\u003eThesis 2\u003cbr\u003eA Theory of Algorithms Needs a Theory of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eThesis 3\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithms Accelerate Time and Keep us Glued to our Screens\u003cbr\u003eThesis 4\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithms are Machines for Extraction, Prediction and Manipulation\u003cbr\u003eThesis 5\u003cbr\u003eAI Isn’t Abolishing Work, But Reorganizing and Exploiting it\u003cbr\u003eThesis 6\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithmic Technologies Are Colonizing the Domestic Sphere, Housework, Care and Emotional Labor\u003cbr\u003eThesis 7\u003cbr\u003eBig Data and Machine Learning are the Main drivers of Algorithmic Capital\u003cbr\u003eThesis 8\u003cbr\u003eNeoliberalism Is Giving Way to a New Stage of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eThesis 9\u003cbr\u003eA New Form of Power Is Emerging: Algorithmic Governmentality\u003cbr\u003eThesis 10\u003cbr\u003eThe Algorithmic Logic Extends to the State, the Public Administration and the Police\u003cbr\u003eThesis 11\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithmic Capital Disrupts and Erodes Democratic Life\u003cbr\u003eThesis 12\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithmic Capital Is Helping to Reshape the International Order\u003cbr\u003eThesis 13\u003cbr\u003eThe Siliconization of the World Is Continuing Apace\u003cbr\u003eThesis 14\u003cbr\u003eThe Global Pandemic Brought a Great Leap Forward for Algorithmic Capitalism\u003cbr\u003eThesis 15\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithms Won’t Save Us from Climate Crisis\u003cbr\u003eThesis 16\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithms Are Changing Socialization Processes and Intimate Relationships, And Shaping New Subjectivities\u003cbr\u003eThesis 17\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithms Are Generating New Forms of Alienation\u003cbr\u003eThesis 18\u003cbr\u003eWe Should Resist Algorithmic Capital — And Support the Struggles That Are Developing\u003cbr\u003eThesis 19\u003cbr\u003eWe Must Find the Virtues in Technologies and Criticize Their Vices\u003cbr\u003eThesis 20\u003cbr\u003eWe Need Technosober Democratic Planning — Reining in Algorithms and Tightening the Limits of the Digital World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cb\u003eJonathan Martineau\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the Liberal Arts College, Concordia University, Montreal, and Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Time, Technology and Capitalism (CIRTTC - cirttc.org). He specializes in the history of ideas, political economy, critical theory and technology studies. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTime, Capitalism and Alienation \u003c\/i\u003eand editor of \u003ci\u003eMarxisme anglo-saxon. Figures contemporaines\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Durand Folco\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor at the School for Social Innovation, St Paul University, Ottawa. He specializes in political philosophy, critical theory, democracy studies and social innovation. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRéinventer la démocratie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eÀ nous la ville! Traité de municipalisme\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48232914092261,"sku":"NP9781804299005","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804299005.jpg?v=1767721219","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/algorithmic-capital-isbn-9781804299005","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}