The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand, it is an attempt at systematizing a series of reflections and concepts elaborated by a number of studies that appeared in the last decade. This research comes from scholars in different disciplines, but who identify, even in their internal differences, with a method of analysis rooted in the Italian Workerist thought of the 1960s. For this reason, it is a work in progress, and has no pretense of being exhaustive. 1 On the other hand, it ambitiously tries to communicate and clarify an issue that has provoked much debate in the last few years, especially in the field of heretic and heterodox thought, that is to say, the analysis of the salient characteristics of the current state of capitalism. From the very title, we formulate a thesis: the contemporary form of capitalism is defined in a univocal way as cognitive biocapitalism. The twenty theses that follow are a means of justifying this definition.
Twenty Theses on Contemporary Capitalism (Cognitive Biocapitalism)
FUMAGALLI, ANDREA MARIA
2011-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this article is twofold. On the one hand, it is an attempt at systematizing a series of reflections and concepts elaborated by a number of studies that appeared in the last decade. This research comes from scholars in different disciplines, but who identify, even in their internal differences, with a method of analysis rooted in the Italian Workerist thought of the 1960s. For this reason, it is a work in progress, and has no pretense of being exhaustive. 1 On the other hand, it ambitiously tries to communicate and clarify an issue that has provoked much debate in the last few years, especially in the field of heretic and heterodox thought, that is to say, the analysis of the salient characteristics of the current state of capitalism. From the very title, we formulate a thesis: the contemporary form of capitalism is defined in a univocal way as cognitive biocapitalism. The twenty theses that follow are a means of justifying this definition.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
