Capital Is Dead

Is This Something Worse?

McKenzie Wark

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Verso Books
13 November 2019

Politics & government; Computing & IT

In this radical and visionary new book, McKenzie Wark argues that the all-pervasive presence of data in our networked society has given rise to a new mode of production, one not ruled over by capitalists and their factories but by those who own and control the flow of information. Yet, if this is not capitalism anymore, could it be something worse? What if the world we’re living in is more dystopian than the techno utopias of the Silicon Valley imagination? And, if this is the case, how do we find a way out? Capital Is Dead offers not only the theoretical tools to analyse this new world of information, but the ones to change it, too.

By: McKenzie Wark
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 309g
ISBN: 9781788735308
ISBN 10: 1788735307
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 13 November 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

McKenzie Wark is the author of A Hacker Manifesto, Gamer Theory, Molecular Red, General Intellects and The Beach Beneath the Street, among other books. They teach at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College in New York City.

Reviews for Capital Is Dead: Is This Something Worse?

A provocative and compelling exploration of our digital world as it crashes towards ecological disaster. Counterintuitive, insightful, and imaginative, Capital is Dead is a timely reminder that there are things worse than capitalism--and we may just be living through them. - Nick Srnicek McKenzie Wark's call for an experimental, vulgar form of revolutionary approach to digital commodification is a challenging read, full of provocative observation. - Andy Hedgecock, Morning Star