{"title":"Cédric Durand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCédric Durand\u003c\/strong\u003e offers incisive analyses on the evolving role of technology in shaping economic and social structures. His works delve into the complexities of techno-feudalism, examining how Silicon Valley's innovations have transformed traditional power dynamics and labour relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders seeking a critical exploration of contemporary techno-economic systems will find Durand's studies both thought-provoking and grounded in rigorous research. His books provide valuable perspectives within the \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e sphere, fostering a deeper understanding of technology’s impact on society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"how-silicon-valley-unleashed-techno-feudalism-by-cedric-durand-9781804294390","title":"How Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-feudalism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rise of the IT industry in the nineties promised a new era of freedom and prosperity. It didn’t deliver. Certainly, algorithms are everywhere, but capitalism is no more civilised than ever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn fact, in the hands of private corporations, the digitalisation of the world drives us towards a darker future. The return of monopolies, the dominance of a few platforms, and the blurred distinction between the economic and the political all epitomise a systemic mutation. Information and data networks push the digital economy in the direction of the feudal logic of rent, dispossession, and personal domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Silicon Valley Unleashed Techno-feudalism\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fresh genealogy of the Silicon Valley consensus and its contradictions. It disentangles the principles of an emerging systemwide rationale. Large firms compete in cyberspace to gain control over data, and ordinary people are increasingly at the mercy of tech giants. In this new economic order, capital is moving away from production to focus on predation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596603441388,"sku":"9781804294390","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/454f44c68e8fe48c8161184000f87079.jpg?v=1777935982"},{"product_id":"beyond-techno-feudalism-by-cedric-durand-9781509572915","title":"Beyond Techno-Feudalism","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe tech giants of Silicon Valley have become modern-day feudal lords. They reign over a land of platforms which have become an inextricable part of our everyday lives, and on which millions of us now depend for our livelihoods. Through their control of what has become the most valuable commodity in the digital age – users' data – the tech giants have amassed enormous wealth and power. And the power they wield is no longer just economic; it is political, too. The tech billionaires have become both the idols and the main backers of the far right.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat can be done in the face of the growing power of the tech giants who are today colonising statehood? Unlike those who believe that digital technologies are inescapably marred by their association with capitalism, Durand argues that these technologies can be redeployed for the purposes of building an emancipated society and tackling the ecological crisis – that is, for advancing the project of cyber-ecosocialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond Techno-Feudalism\u003c\/em\u003e explores the potential for digital technologies to contribute to an emancipated society rather than being tools of oppression, proposing a path towards cyber-ecosocialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67807544803564,"sku":"9781509572915","price":23.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c65162a944627e48861b8213d8075635.jpg?v=1792623478"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/cedric-durand.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}