Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive Capitalism
Contemporary capitalism can be labelled cognitive capitalism. In this dynamic, demanding and extremely transformative mode of production, knowledge becomes a strategic force of production and an important commodity, while concepts and ideas become items. This article sheds light on some of the impli...
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Linköping University Electronic Press
2014-02-01
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| description | Contemporary capitalism can be labelled cognitive capitalism. In this dynamic, demanding and extremely transformative mode of production, knowledge becomes a strategic force of production and an important commodity, while concepts and ideas become items. This article sheds light on some of the implications of the emergence of a cognitive capitalism. In response to modern oxymorons, such as compulsory creativity and mandatory originality, this article offers various attempts to interpret and criticise how human inventiveness and a whole range of externalities get attuned to economic and market strategies, depriving them their natural, social and individual qualities. The aim of this article is to renew and sharpen a critique of the new type of capitalism and to foster some normative bricks that might be able to inspire alternative ways of thinking and living. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73e4ecc44d2947b391d7bfe561be95392022-12-22T00:31:41ZengLinköping University Electronic PressCulture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research2000-15252014-02-016115917710.3384/cu.2000.1525.146159Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive CapitalismSteen Nepper LarsenContemporary capitalism can be labelled cognitive capitalism. In this dynamic, demanding and extremely transformative mode of production, knowledge becomes a strategic force of production and an important commodity, while concepts and ideas become items. This article sheds light on some of the implications of the emergence of a cognitive capitalism. In response to modern oxymorons, such as compulsory creativity and mandatory originality, this article offers various attempts to interpret and criticise how human inventiveness and a whole range of externalities get attuned to economic and market strategies, depriving them their natural, social and individual qualities. The aim of this article is to renew and sharpen a critique of the new type of capitalism and to foster some normative bricks that might be able to inspire alternative ways of thinking and living.http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.146159Cognitive capitalismcreativitycritiquecommodificationimmateri-ality |
| spellingShingle | Steen Nepper Larsen Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive Capitalism Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research Cognitive capitalism creativity critique commodification immateri-ality |
| title | Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive Capitalism |
| title_full | Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive Capitalism |
| title_fullStr | Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive Capitalism |
| title_full_unstemmed | Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive Capitalism |
| title_short | Compulsory Creativity: A Critique of Cognitive Capitalism |
| title_sort | compulsory creativity a critique of cognitive capitalism |
| topic | Cognitive capitalism creativity critique commodification immateri-ality |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.146159 |
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