Más allá del "general intellect"

In advanced capitalism, science and technology are at the forefront of production. Nevertheless, traditional forms of reasoning (fuzzy logic, I+D+i, ...) , or what Marx called "general intellect", far from being simply subordinated, are being fundamentally reconstituted in line with post-F...

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Main Author: Quintana, Francisco
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Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2005-05-01
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Online Access:http://antalya.uab.es/athenea/num7/quintana.pdf
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description In advanced capitalism, science and technology are at the forefront of production. Nevertheless, traditional forms of reasoning (fuzzy logic, I+D+i, ...) , or what Marx called "general intellect", far from being simply subordinated, are being fundamentally reconstituted in line with post-Fordist thinking. The departure from Marx's view of science is due to the synergy between traditional scientific reasoning on the one hand, and, on the other hand, forms of knowledge production which are diffuse, social, commercial and co-operative. This latter form of knowledge production sustains the circulation of goods in the market. We need to point out that this is not uniformly 'high tech'; it is more like a heterogenous, neo or post-Fordist mixture of applied, commercialised science, on the one hand, and insecure conditions of employment on the other. Barcelona's "City of Knowledge" ("ciutat de coneixment") project, which is supposed to involve, and be supported by, "citizens", claims to embody these conceptions through a number of initiatives (22@, Parc de Reserca Biomèdica, Campus Mediterrani de Castelldefels....). Nevertheless, megalomaniac enthusiasm aside, the upshot of this messy project has been a city and metropolitan area configured as a 'living factory', a banana state with more or less complex technology, and a profusion of salaried executives.
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spellingShingle Quintana, Francisco
Más allá del "general intellect"
Athenea Digital
Conocimiento valorizante
Cooperación social productiva
Trabajador cognitivo
Neofordismo
Postfordismo
General intellect
Sociofactoría
title Más allá del "general intellect"
title_full Más allá del "general intellect"
title_fullStr Más allá del "general intellect"
title_full_unstemmed Más allá del "general intellect"
title_short Más allá del "general intellect"
title_sort mas alla del general intellect
topic Conocimiento valorizante
Cooperación social productiva
Trabajador cognitivo
Neofordismo
Postfordismo
General intellect
Sociofactoría
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