Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KCS; KNTX; UM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372. . 2012. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Hacking Capitalism: The Free and Open Source Software Movement (Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society)
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415541379
ISBN 13: 9780415541374
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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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.

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

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