Redefining Freedom. Digital Capitalism and Private Property
The article enquires into the transformations of private property in digital capitalism. The author proposes his interpretation of most obvious and simultaneously less arguable transformations that take place in digital economy. Economy of cooperative use (sharing), precarious employment (gig eco...
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| Language: | English |
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2022/%D0%A2.%207,%20%E2%84%96%201%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/74-83%20%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%9D.%20%D0%91..pdf |
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| Summary: | The article enquires into the transformations of private property in digital capitalism.
The author proposes his interpretation of most obvious and simultaneously less
arguable transformations that take place in digital economy. Economy of cooperative
use (sharing), precarious employment (gig economy), networkisation, as well as rapid
growth of inequality determine digital capitalism in opposition to previous stages
of capitalist production and consumption. Applying to historical works that concern
private property the author shows that in the basis of capitalism lies undisputable,
basically aprioristic right of private property ownership. It is supported by the
state. A desire to own was and remains an inner motivation of entrepreneurship.
It also characterized the actions of capitalist society’s agents. In cultural sense
property was a central phenomenon that gave a definition to modernity. The
author demonstrates that in this sense property was always more than just a simple
presupposition of goods accumulation. Property, relation to it and its cultural status
were changing in the process of capitalist development: from early industrial stage
to Fordism and then Post-Fordism. The author puts forward a hypothesis that digital
capitalism also redefines property. Property dematerialization and the loss of its
value become the distinguishing attributes of this process. Eventually the practices
of sharing economy, easiness of being connected to networks and the change of
ownership on the means of production (networks) lead to the decline of property.
In social-philosophical sense it could mean a further decentralization of person’s
inner world and loss of inner and external freedom. |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |