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Beyond Capital: Values, Commons, Computing, and the Search for a Viable Future book cover

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Beyond Capital Values, Commons, Computing, and the Search for a Viable Future

By David Hakken, Maurizio Teli, Barbara Andrews Copyright 2016
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge
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The financial/social cataclysm beginning in 2007 ended notions of a “great moderation” and the view that capitalism had overcome its systemic tendencies to crisis. The subsequent failure of contemporary social formations to address the causes of the crisis gives renewed impetus to better analysis in aid of the search for a better future. This book contributes to this search by reviving a broad... Read more

1. An Introduction to Our Thinking About a Future Beyond Capital  2. Theoretical Orientations  3. Good and Problematic Views of the Computing and Social Change Nexus  4. Computing/Social Change Relationships Today  5. An Ethnological Theory of Values Encompassing Value  6. Theory Applied: Selecting and Fostering New Values and Valuation Practices  7. New Institutions to Support New Values  8. Supporting New Value and Institution Complexes with Measures  9. Conclusion

Biography

David Hakken is Professor of Social Informatics, School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University-Bloomington, and Fellow at the University of Trento.



Barbara Andrews is a writer and an independent researcher on arts, education, and technology.



Maurizio Teli is a Research Fellow in the Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Trento.

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