Resistance to the Current

The Dialectics of Hacking

Johan Soderberg, Maxigas Maxigas, Richard Barbrook

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English

MIT Press
24 January 2023

Political science & theory

Series: Information Policy

How hacking cultures drive contemporary capitalism and the future of innovation.

How hacking cultures drive contemporary capitalism and the future of innovation.

In Resistance to the Current, Johan S derberg and Maxigas examine four historical case studies of hacker movements and their roles in shaping the twenty-first-century's network society. Based on decades of field work and analysis, this intervention into current debates situates an exploding variety of hacking practices within the contradictions of capitalism. Depoliticized accounts of computing cultures and collaborative production miss their core driver, write S derberg and Maxigas- the articulation of critique and its recuperation into innovations.

Drawing on accounts of building, developing, and running community wireless networks, 3D printers, hackerspaces, and chat protocols, the authors develop a theoretical framework of critique and recuperation to examine how hackers-who have long held a reputation for being underground rebels-transform their outputs from communal, underground experiments to commercial products that benefit the state and capital. This framework allows a dialectical understanding of contemporary social conflicts around technology and innovation. Hackers' critiques of contemporary norms spur innovation, while recuperation turns these innovations into commodified products and services. Recuperation threatens the autonomy of hacker collectives, harnessing their outputs for the benefit of a capitalist system.

With significant practical implications, this sophisticated multidisciplinary account of technology-oriented movements that seek to challenge capitalism will appeal to science and technology readers interested in innovation studies, user studies, cultural studies, and media and communications.

By: Johan Soderberg, Maxigas Maxigas
Foreword by: Richard Barbrook
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 369g
ISBN: 9780262544566
ISBN 10: 0262544563
Series: Information Policy
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 24 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Johan S derberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of G teborg and Associate Editor of Science as Culture. He researches the development of alternative addiction treatments and the hacking of medicine. Maxigas is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Media at the University of Amsterdam. His research on hacking, cybernetics, and old social media has been published in academic journals including the Social Studies of Science and the Internet Policy Review.