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FREEDOM, SELF-DETERMINATION AND AUTOMATION: CONSIDERING POLITICAL IMPULSES IN THE AGE OF DIGITALIZATION
FREEDOM, SELF-DETERMINATION AND AUTOMATION: CONSIDERING POLITICAL IMPULSES IN THE AGE OF DIGITALIZATION

Author(s): Jean A. Campbell
Subject(s): Social Philosophy, Sociology
Published by: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk i Fundacja Filozofia na Rzecz Dialogu
Keywords: labor; economist; capital; class; value; automation

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this essay is to examine the long-term evolution of the material reproductivevehicles of society. The fairly continuous trend of economic integration and progressiveenfranchisement of the world’s people is indicated, ascertainable even with theemergence from general slavery of ancient times, through feudalism to the modern stageof industrialism and widespread national sovereignties. With greater political expressionhas come higher degrees and penetration of economic prosperity. Both vicious andvirtuous tendencies of automation are considered. The necessary foundation of livinglabor is recognized.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 147-158
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English
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