Exploring the Misconception of Neo-Feudalism in Modern Capitalism

Are we entering the world of ‘Techno-feudalism’, or ‘Neofeudalism’? Or are there better ways to understand our present situation, such as the concept of ‘Platform Capitalism’ ?

In this episode Jeremy Gilbert, discusses these issues and lays out what’s at stake in defining terms like ‘capitalism’ ‘technofeudalism’ and ‘mode of production’.

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Some of the texts that we refer to here include:

Cédric Durand How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-Feudalism : the Making of the Digital Economy
McKenzie Wark Capital Is Dead:Is This Something Worse?
Jodi Dean Capital’s Grave:Neofeudalism and the New Class Struggle

Evgeny Morozov ‘Critique of Techno-Feudal Reason’
Nick Srnicek Platform Capitalism

Jeremy Gilbert ‘Techno-feudalism or Platform Capitalism: Conceptualising the Digital Society’

Jeremy Gilbert & Alex Williams Hegemony Now: How Big Tech and Wall Street Won the World