Technological Developments and Capitalist Subsumption: The New Information Technologies in the Construction of the Capitalist Individual

Abstract

The incorporation of information technologies has transformed capitalist relations directly impacting the forms of subsumption and the realization of work This article proposes a critical analysis of the changes caused by these technologies arguing that they intensify capitalist relations rather than represent a rupture with the logic of value as suggested by neofeudal theses The insertion of ICT is not a natural technological development but rather an imposition of class struggle within the capitalist logic The new forms of control and disciplining of labor create an illusion of self-realization obscuring exploitation and expropriation as the real objectives of these technological transformations