Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement (Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society)

Söderberg, Johan

ISBN 10: 0415955432 / ISBN 13: 9780415955430

Published by Routledge, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement (Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415955432
• ISBN 13: 9780415955430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

The Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement demonstrates how labour can self-organise production, and, as is shown by the free operating system GNU/Linux, even compete with some of the worlds largest firms. The book examines the hopes of such thinkers as Friedrich Schiller, Karl Marx, Herbert Marcuse and Antonio Negri, in the light of the recent achievements of the hacker movement. This book is the first to examine a different kind of political activism that consists in the development of technology from below.

About the Author

Johan Söderberg was educated at the Falmouth College of Arts in England and holds a degree in Science and Technology Policy from Lund University, Sweden.