Capital, state, empire : the new American way of digital warfare / Scott Timcke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Timcke, Scott, author.

Series:

CDSMS (Series)

CDSMS

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information society--Political aspects.

Information society.

Digital communications--Political aspects.

Digital communications.

National security--United States.

National security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 187 pages).

Other Title:

Capital, State, Empire

Place of Publication:

London : University of Westminster Press, [2017]

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".

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-177) and index.