The New Patriarchs of Digital Capitalism: Celebrity Tech Founders and Networks of Power

ISBN-13: 9780367260156 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 244 str.

Ben Little; Alison Winch

Opis

This book offers an original critique of the billionaire founders of US West Coast tech companies, addressing their collective power, influence and ideology, their group dynamics and the role they play in the wider sociocultural and political formations of digital capitalism.

Spis treści

Introduction: The New Patriarchs; Chapter 1: Theorising the Patriarchal Network; Chapter 2: Elon Musk: Geek masculinity and marketing the celebrity founder; Chapter 3: Jeff Bezos: Beyond the American frontier; Chapter 4: Mark Zuckerberg’s Corporate Household; Chapter 5: Peter Thiel’s Technological Frontiers; Chapter 6: Endorsed by Sheryl Sandberg: Resilience Not Resistance; Chapter 7: The Limits of Liberalism: Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin; Conclusion