Globalization and Technocapitalism: The Political Economy of Corporate Power and Technological Domination

by Luis Suarez-Villa

Globalization and Technocapitalism considers the global reach of a new capitalist era, exploring the nature of 'technocapitalism' as grounded in new forms of accumulation, commodification, and corporate organization. As technological creativity, corporate research, and talent flows become more important than ever, this book explores the manner in which globalization acquires new contextual features that will become central to the macro-social dynamics of the twenty-first century. It thus sheds light on the resultant growth in global inequalities and more intrusive forms of global domination that are grounded in emerging sectors, such as nanotechnology, biotechnology and its diverse fields, such as genomics, synthetic bioengineering, bioinformatics and biopharmacology, and related advances in computing and telecommunications. A rigorous examination of developments in contemporary capitalism as driven by the forces of globalization, Globalization and Technocapitalism will be of interest to scholars working in the fields of social and political theory, international political economy, political philosophy, science and technology studies and globalization.

250 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Rohit · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dull, repetitive, superficial. Not really sure who the audience is for this; it repeats a lot of basic points that can be summed up with "corporations are bad" in a way that is neither persuasive to those who aren't already anti-capitalist, nor interesting or insightful to those who are already in the anti-capitalist camp. A lot of abstract theoretical frameworks that don't seem very useful, and aren't backed up by much in the way of empirical evidence, and seem to be made up for their own sake.

There are a few interesting threads scattered throughout the book; and some of the most interesting stuff is in the footnotes.