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A Critical Study Of Digital Capitalism From The Perspective Of Marxism

Posted on:2024-09-02Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M L SunFull Text:PDF
GTID:2556307049454544Subject:Marxist theory
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The fast-growing of information technology will people from the traditional era of industrialization to the digital age,there,the Internet,big data and digital technology such as artificial intelligence to become a basic representation of The Times,capital form for digital capital,capitalism dominated by digital behavior led to the "data monopoly",the real landscape of the modern world presents itself as the collusion between "capital" and "technology".No doubt,the basic contradictions of society and the exploitation of capital have not been eliminated,and even the development trend is extreme.This development situation has provided unprecedented opportunities and challenges for human beings.How to crack the new problems put forward by digital capitalism has become the necessity for contemporary Chinese society to carry out the narration of The Times.Under the reflection of Marxist theory,digital capitalism gets a new critical perspective.Marx applies his historical materialism methodology to dialectically explain the modernity of digital capitalism.Digital capitalism is the union of data,technology and capital,as a new production mode based entirely on digital information technology,it presents a different new characteristics of capitalism,the fundamental purpose of the development is through data exchange and technological change to achieve capital proliferation,data is an essential raw material,and information technology has become an important support for data production and capital accumulation and multiplication.The digitization of production factors reorganizes the social production and reproduction process of production,distribution,exchange and consumption,and reconstructs the production logic of capitalism.Social pattern of digital update the consumption,employment,investment and production organization,human was forced into the era of "digital survival",the reality of human living situation representation is formatted and labeled as "digital",people completely fell into the vortex of capital logic,let its wanton manipulation and mercy.In summary,digital capitalism is using digital technology to target every real human being in a more insidious and ruthlessly exploitative way.Capitalism has always regarded itself as a revolutionary force,and its every innovation always carries a certain degree of danger.As the latest form of the development of contemporary capitalism,digital capitalism still exist private nature and basic contradiction,which requires "back to political economy criticism",with the methodology of historical materialism deeply reveals its economic operation law,for the capital logic of ideological power,the need to "back to Marx",starting from the history of the reality of ideological criticism of social position,seek a new way for human liberation.Based on the position of Marxism,they can not only have an objective understanding of the historical and logical inevitability of digital capitalism,but also recognize dialectically that digital capitalism has dual functions of promoting economic and social development and hindering social equity and justice,the China’s development of digital technology and digital economy has great enlightenment significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Digital Technology, Digital Platform, General Data, Digital Capital, Digital Capitalism
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