In the era of digital capitalism with the explosion of data and information,human society will be greatly affected by digital capital,and all walks of life will be included in the chain of information-based labor prod...In the era of digital capitalism with the explosion of data and information,human society will be greatly affected by digital capital,and all walks of life will be included in the chain of information-based labor production,giving rise to a new type of labor form called“digital labor”.This paper discusses the alienation of digital labor in the context of digital capitalism,take Marx’s theory of alienated labor as the perspective,and analyze the fourfold alienation of digital labor in terms of producing products,labor process,self-realization of laborers,and social relations by combing the historical development of digital labor.Based on the above analysis,the article proposes the logical and practical paths to crack the alienation of digital labor:improve media literacy and thinking discernment,make full use of the positive effects of digital technology,and strengthen the governance of digital platforms,in order to build a fairer and more shared digital labor environment,and to realize the self-emancipation of laborers and the healthy development of the digital economy.展开更多
We examine possible funding sources for constructing Climate Change Haven Communities on a global basis. Areas of the planet that have the potential to house persons migrating to “safe havens” in their own or other ...We examine possible funding sources for constructing Climate Change Haven Communities on a global basis. Areas of the planet that have the potential to house persons migrating to “safe havens” in their own or other countries will require the rapid construction of communities capable of supporting them, their families, businesses and farms. However, different political-economic conditions are found across the areas which can serve as locations for these Climate Change Haven Communities. We develop funding and construction strategies for the United States (free-market capitalism), France and Spain (European Union supported economies), and Taiwan region (state-directed economy). The proposals for the Taiwan region should also be applicable to the rest of China.展开更多
This article makes a brief introduces to Daniel Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism which explores how a bourgeois economy coexists with an anti-bourgeois culture. This article is comprised of four pa...This article makes a brief introduces to Daniel Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism which explores how a bourgeois economy coexists with an anti-bourgeois culture. This article is comprised of four parts including the concept of culture、the disjunction of three realms(economics, politics and culture)、the cultural contradictions of capitalism and the evaluation on Daniel Bell's theory. It offers a close look into the inner relation between different spheres in the capitalist society illustrated in Bell's book, and Bell's theory in terms of cultural contradictions of capitalism will be concretely elaborated.展开更多
Stephen Crane' s The Red Badge of Courage adopted the industrial capitalism as response to his motif to indicate that industrial capitalism had a swift development in 1890s in America,and meanwhile his novel was g...Stephen Crane' s The Red Badge of Courage adopted the industrial capitalism as response to his motif to indicate that industrial capitalism had a swift development in 1890s in America,and meanwhile his novel was greatly influenced.展开更多
This paper investigates testable restrictions on the time-series behavior of consumption and asset returns implied by a representative agent model with the spirit of capitalism in which intertemporal preference is rep...This paper investigates testable restrictions on the time-series behavior of consumption and asset returns implied by a representative agent model with the spirit of capitalism in which intertemporal preference is represented by a utility function that generalizes conventional,time-additive,expected utility.In the recursive structure of preference,the author examines the implication for cosumptions,portfolio holdings,and stock-market prices when investors accumulate wealth not only for the sake of consumption but also for wealth-induced social status.When investors care about relative social status,the propensity to consume and risk-taking behavior will depend on social standards,and stock prices will be volatible.Hence,the spirit of capitalism seems to be a driving force behind stock-market volatility and economic growth.Because the elasticity df substitution and the coefficient of relative risk aversion are independent and the spirit of capitalism is introduced,the equity premium puzzle can be partially explained in the model.展开更多
Due to Reformation movement in the 16th century,Protestantism came into being.Lutheranism,Calvinism and Puritanism rationalized and justified worldly economic activity.The Protestant asceticism was considered favorabl...Due to Reformation movement in the 16th century,Protestantism came into being.Lutheranism,Calvinism and Puritanism rationalized and justified worldly economic activity.The Protestant asceticism was considered favorable to the development of capitalistic economy.Religious reform was in a certain degree beneficial to the development of capitalism.This thesis mainly discusses the influence of Reformation upon the development of capitalism.展开更多
The aim is to examine how the creative economy develops in shareholder,state,and stakeholder capitalism.In the shareholder capitalism,the creative economy is headed by large companies in cooperation with governments,w...The aim is to examine how the creative economy develops in shareholder,state,and stakeholder capitalism.In the shareholder capitalism,the creative economy is headed by large companies in cooperation with governments,which replicate pregiven formulas of governance with no consideration of local specificities,and reinforces the exclusion of small and medium-sized creative enterprises.The state capitalism has the government authorities as the main drivers of the creative economy’s growth,which is usually connected to their political interest in preserving authority and manipulating the population.In the stakeholder capitalism,companies should pay their fair share of taxes,show zero tolerance for corruption,uphold human rights throughout their global supply chains,and advocate for a competitive level playing field.These elements create the specific conditions for a more diversified set of actors leading the initiatives dedicated to the development of creative economy.展开更多
Restorative justice represents a paradigm shift away from a retributive approach to justice to one of restoration as a way of healing the harms to individuals and communities that have been affected by crime.It works ...Restorative justice represents a paradigm shift away from a retributive approach to justice to one of restoration as a way of healing the harms to individuals and communities that have been affected by crime.It works from a recognition and acceptance of the interrelationships and interdependencies of individuals within a community.Sustainable development operates from the same point of view,recognizing that to heal and sustain the physical environment,interrelationships and interdependencies must be recognized.In the restorative process,in order for a healing to take place the victim’s voice is made prominent and the offender must take responsibility and be accountable for the harm that has occurred.In the context of more and more acceptance by corporations of the importance of sustainability,and by inference the acceptance of the paradigm shift that sustainability relies on,will corporations become ready to participate in restorative processes?展开更多
This article reasons that free-market capitalism produces peace in Don Quixote while its absence induces violence. Specifically, it shows readers： that when Don Quixote＇s characters inherit peace transpires but when...This article reasons that free-market capitalism produces peace in Don Quixote while its absence induces violence. Specifically, it shows readers： that when Don Quixote＇s characters inherit peace transpires but when they are extorted gore happens; that a modem salary causes peace in Don Quixote while a feudal Mercedes causes conflict; that when contracts are honored Don Quixote＇s characters are calm but when contracts are breached its＇ characters are violent; that figures in Don Quixote who work for a living are tranquil while those who do not work fight; that peaceful capitalism in Don Quixote is separate from, and better than, violent corsair anti-capitalism; thatCapitalism＇s profit motive does not cause slavery in Don Quixote but feudal suppression of human fi＇eedom does; that peaceful economic justice is adjudicated by civil judges, such as Sancho Panza, while bloody economic injustice is inflicted by either vigilantes （in Don Quixote＇s Case） or monarchical brutality （in the Holy Brotherhood＇s case）; and penultimately, that when the novel＇s financial disputes are decided by law courts peace ensues but when they are not violence happens.Finally, this article fmishes, by enumerating specific areas of future research on capitalism in Don Quixote. Scholars interested in Emre Gurgen＇s full scholarship, can visit his personal author website at www.don-quixote-explained.com展开更多
The aim of the article is to explore the relation among capitalism,creative economy,and the end of rest in Gustavo Vinagre’s movie Unlearning to Sleep.The main argument indicates that,in the context of the imperative...The aim of the article is to explore the relation among capitalism,creative economy,and the end of rest in Gustavo Vinagre’s movie Unlearning to Sleep.The main argument indicates that,in the context of the imperatives within the inhumane temporalities of the 24/7 society,sleep and rest may represent an inevitable and anomalous resistance to the demands of the capitalist order in which creative economy is immersed and exposed in the movie.展开更多
According to the viewpoint of historical materialism,the economic base determines the superstructure.In the long process of its development,capitalism has not only shaped political and economic institutions within cou...According to the viewpoint of historical materialism,the economic base determines the superstructure.In the long process of its development,capitalism has not only shaped political and economic institutions within countries but also profoundly impacted the development and transition of the world order.However,since the international financial crisis展开更多
This paper makes a comparative study of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism and Yu Yingshi's The Confucion Ethic and the spirit of Merchants,in order to conclude the similarities in t...This paper makes a comparative study of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism and Yu Yingshi's The Confucion Ethic and the spirit of Merchants,in order to conclude the similarities in the two ethics underlying the development of capitalism.展开更多
This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We dis...This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We discover that the very logic meant to emancipate the human subject-scientific mastery,bureaucratic order,economic growth,and many others,often recoil upon the subject,generating conditions of fragmentation,depersonalization,and spiritual aridity.Far from rejecting modernity wholesale,our task is a diagnostic one-to enter into the deep fabric of modernity and to decode its operating metaphors and interrogate what holds up the“scaffolding of collective life”.This is in a bid to find the rootedness of genuine human flourishing.Part of the answer,from our analysis,lies in a critical re-thinking within modernity without being subsumed by it.展开更多
文摘In the era of digital capitalism with the explosion of data and information,human society will be greatly affected by digital capital,and all walks of life will be included in the chain of information-based labor production,giving rise to a new type of labor form called“digital labor”.This paper discusses the alienation of digital labor in the context of digital capitalism,take Marx’s theory of alienated labor as the perspective,and analyze the fourfold alienation of digital labor in terms of producing products,labor process,self-realization of laborers,and social relations by combing the historical development of digital labor.Based on the above analysis,the article proposes the logical and practical paths to crack the alienation of digital labor:improve media literacy and thinking discernment,make full use of the positive effects of digital technology,and strengthen the governance of digital platforms,in order to build a fairer and more shared digital labor environment,and to realize the self-emancipation of laborers and the healthy development of the digital economy.
文摘We examine possible funding sources for constructing Climate Change Haven Communities on a global basis. Areas of the planet that have the potential to house persons migrating to “safe havens” in their own or other countries will require the rapid construction of communities capable of supporting them, their families, businesses and farms. However, different political-economic conditions are found across the areas which can serve as locations for these Climate Change Haven Communities. We develop funding and construction strategies for the United States (free-market capitalism), France and Spain (European Union supported economies), and Taiwan region (state-directed economy). The proposals for the Taiwan region should also be applicable to the rest of China.
文摘This article makes a brief introduces to Daniel Bell's The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism which explores how a bourgeois economy coexists with an anti-bourgeois culture. This article is comprised of four parts including the concept of culture、the disjunction of three realms(economics, politics and culture)、the cultural contradictions of capitalism and the evaluation on Daniel Bell's theory. It offers a close look into the inner relation between different spheres in the capitalist society illustrated in Bell's book, and Bell's theory in terms of cultural contradictions of capitalism will be concretely elaborated.
文摘Stephen Crane' s The Red Badge of Courage adopted the industrial capitalism as response to his motif to indicate that industrial capitalism had a swift development in 1890s in America,and meanwhile his novel was greatly influenced.
文摘This paper investigates testable restrictions on the time-series behavior of consumption and asset returns implied by a representative agent model with the spirit of capitalism in which intertemporal preference is represented by a utility function that generalizes conventional,time-additive,expected utility.In the recursive structure of preference,the author examines the implication for cosumptions,portfolio holdings,and stock-market prices when investors accumulate wealth not only for the sake of consumption but also for wealth-induced social status.When investors care about relative social status,the propensity to consume and risk-taking behavior will depend on social standards,and stock prices will be volatible.Hence,the spirit of capitalism seems to be a driving force behind stock-market volatility and economic growth.Because the elasticity df substitution and the coefficient of relative risk aversion are independent and the spirit of capitalism is introduced,the equity premium puzzle can be partially explained in the model.
文摘Due to Reformation movement in the 16th century,Protestantism came into being.Lutheranism,Calvinism and Puritanism rationalized and justified worldly economic activity.The Protestant asceticism was considered favorable to the development of capitalistic economy.Religious reform was in a certain degree beneficial to the development of capitalism.This thesis mainly discusses the influence of Reformation upon the development of capitalism.
文摘The aim is to examine how the creative economy develops in shareholder,state,and stakeholder capitalism.In the shareholder capitalism,the creative economy is headed by large companies in cooperation with governments,which replicate pregiven formulas of governance with no consideration of local specificities,and reinforces the exclusion of small and medium-sized creative enterprises.The state capitalism has the government authorities as the main drivers of the creative economy’s growth,which is usually connected to their political interest in preserving authority and manipulating the population.In the stakeholder capitalism,companies should pay their fair share of taxes,show zero tolerance for corruption,uphold human rights throughout their global supply chains,and advocate for a competitive level playing field.These elements create the specific conditions for a more diversified set of actors leading the initiatives dedicated to the development of creative economy.
文摘Restorative justice represents a paradigm shift away from a retributive approach to justice to one of restoration as a way of healing the harms to individuals and communities that have been affected by crime.It works from a recognition and acceptance of the interrelationships and interdependencies of individuals within a community.Sustainable development operates from the same point of view,recognizing that to heal and sustain the physical environment,interrelationships and interdependencies must be recognized.In the restorative process,in order for a healing to take place the victim’s voice is made prominent and the offender must take responsibility and be accountable for the harm that has occurred.In the context of more and more acceptance by corporations of the importance of sustainability,and by inference the acceptance of the paradigm shift that sustainability relies on,will corporations become ready to participate in restorative processes?
文摘This article reasons that free-market capitalism produces peace in Don Quixote while its absence induces violence. Specifically, it shows readers： that when Don Quixote＇s characters inherit peace transpires but when they are extorted gore happens; that a modem salary causes peace in Don Quixote while a feudal Mercedes causes conflict; that when contracts are honored Don Quixote＇s characters are calm but when contracts are breached its＇ characters are violent; that figures in Don Quixote who work for a living are tranquil while those who do not work fight; that peaceful capitalism in Don Quixote is separate from, and better than, violent corsair anti-capitalism; thatCapitalism＇s profit motive does not cause slavery in Don Quixote but feudal suppression of human fi＇eedom does; that peaceful economic justice is adjudicated by civil judges, such as Sancho Panza, while bloody economic injustice is inflicted by either vigilantes （in Don Quixote＇s Case） or monarchical brutality （in the Holy Brotherhood＇s case）; and penultimately, that when the novel＇s financial disputes are decided by law courts peace ensues but when they are not violence happens.Finally, this article fmishes, by enumerating specific areas of future research on capitalism in Don Quixote. Scholars interested in Emre Gurgen＇s full scholarship, can visit his personal author website at www.don-quixote-explained.com
文摘The aim of the article is to explore the relation among capitalism,creative economy,and the end of rest in Gustavo Vinagre’s movie Unlearning to Sleep.The main argument indicates that,in the context of the imperatives within the inhumane temporalities of the 24/7 society,sleep and rest may represent an inevitable and anomalous resistance to the demands of the capitalist order in which creative economy is immersed and exposed in the movie.
文摘According to the viewpoint of historical materialism,the economic base determines the superstructure.In the long process of its development,capitalism has not only shaped political and economic institutions within countries but also profoundly impacted the development and transition of the world order.However,since the international financial crisis
文摘This paper makes a comparative study of Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism and Yu Yingshi's The Confucion Ethic and the spirit of Merchants,in order to conclude the similarities in the two ethics underlying the development of capitalism.
文摘This paper is an attempt to explore the root of the modern paradox across multiple registers in order to uncover a persuasive pattern of contradiction that runs through the very fabric of contemporary existence.We discover that the very logic meant to emancipate the human subject-scientific mastery,bureaucratic order,economic growth,and many others,often recoil upon the subject,generating conditions of fragmentation,depersonalization,and spiritual aridity.Far from rejecting modernity wholesale,our task is a diagnostic one-to enter into the deep fabric of modernity and to decode its operating metaphors and interrogate what holds up the“scaffolding of collective life”.This is in a bid to find the rootedness of genuine human flourishing.Part of the answer,from our analysis,lies in a critical re-thinking within modernity without being subsumed by it.
