Hacking Capitalism

The Free and Open Source Software Movement

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Johan Söderberg ISBN: 9781135916381
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 22, 2015
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Johan Söderberg
ISBN: 9781135916381
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 22, 2015
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement demonstrates how labour can self-organise production, and, as is shown by the free operating system GNU/Linux, even compete with some of the worlds largest firms. The book examines the hopes of such thinkers as Friedrich Schiller, Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse and Antonio Negri, in the light of the recent achievements of the hacker movement. This book is the first to examine a different kind of political activism that consists in the development of technology from below.

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The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement demonstrates how labour can self-organise production, and, as is shown by the free operating system GNU/Linux, even compete with some of the worlds largest firms. The book examines the hopes of such thinkers as Friedrich Schiller, Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse and Antonio Negri, in the light of the recent achievements of the hacker movement. This book is the first to examine a different kind of political activism that consists in the development of technology from below.

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