Postcapitalism or Capitalism 2.0? Knowledge Workers and Cognitive Capitalism Cover Image

Postkapitalizmy czy kapitalizm 2.0? Pracownicy wiedzy w kapitalizmie kognitywnym
Postcapitalism or Capitalism 2.0? Knowledge Workers and Cognitive Capitalism

Author(s): Bartosz Mika
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: work; labor; ownership; labor force; capitalism; knowledge based work

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to answer the question of whether the widely discussed dissemination of knowledge-based work has the potential to revolutionize modern economic relations. The argument makes reference to three key issues: 1)the number of knowledge workers, 2) their theoretical and actual diversity, and 3) the impact of intellectual property rights on potential changes hiding within the growing importance of knowledge work processes. In conclusion it is argued that any revolutionary change must involve decommodification of the workforce involved in the production of both material and intangible/immaterial goods.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 157-174
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish