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Will we work in twenty-first century capitalism? A critique of the fourth industrial revolution literature
Economy and Society ( IF 4.182 ) Pub Date : 2019-07-03 , DOI: 10.1080/03085147.2019.1620027
Jamie Morgan 1
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Abstract The fourth industrial revolution has become a prominent concept and imminent technological change a major issue. Facets are everyone’s concern but currently no one’s ultimate responsibility (perhaps a little like financial stability before the global financial crisis). In this paper, we argue that the future is being shaped now by the way the fourth industrial revolution is being positioned. Whilst no one has set out to argue for or defend technological determinism, anxiety combined with passivity and complacency are being produced in the context of a quasi-determinism. The contingent quantification of the future with regard to the potential for job displacement provides an influential source of authority for this position. A background narrative of ‘the future is coming, so you better get used to it’ is being disseminated. This favours a capitalism that may ‘deny work to the many’ perspective rather than a more fundamental rethink that encompasses change that may liberate the many from work. This, in turn, positions workers and responsibility for future employment, reducing the urgency of calls for wider societal preparation. Public understanding and policy are thus affected and along with them the future of work.

中文翻译:

我们会在 21 世纪的资本主义中工作吗?第四次工业革命文献批判

摘要 第四次工业革命已成为一个突出的概念和迫在眉睫的技术变革的重大问题。方面是每个人都关心的,但目前没有人的最终责任(可能有点像全球金融危机前的金融稳定)。在本文中,我们认为,第四次工业革命的定位方式正在塑造未来。虽然没有人开始争论或捍卫技术决定论,但在准决定论的背景下,焦虑与被动和自满正在产生。对未来可能发生的工作转移的偶然量化为这个职位提供了一个有影响力的权威来源。正在传播“未来即将到来,所以你最好习惯它”的背景叙述。这有利于可能“拒绝多数人工作”的资本主义观点,而不是更根本的反思,其中包括可能将许多人从工作中解放出来的变革。这反过来又为工人和未来就业的责任定位,减少了呼吁更广泛的社会准备的紧迫性。因此,公众的理解和政策受到影响,工作的未来也随之受到影响。
更新日期:2019-07-03
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