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Polarization of information and knowledge: a dialectical approach

Rodrigo Moreno Marques

International Review of Information Ethics2017https://doi.org/10.29173/irie276article
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0.34

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This article discusses the polarization of information and knowledge, a phenomenon that is increasingly relevant in different spheres of the contemporary socioeconomic dynamics. According to this notion, founded mainly on the works of Karl Marx, information and knowledge are central elements in the contradictions between capital and labour, as well as in the internal contradictions of the working class. The idea of polarization of information and knowledge offers a critical point of view against the authors who, while trying to grasp the socioeconomic dynamics of our times, are captured by the enchantment of the techno-scientific progress. The article also adopts the Marxian concepts of universal labour and general intellect to argue that information, knowledge, and science are social constructions built collectively and should be treated as common goods. However, currently, the emancipatory perspective of the general intellect envisioned by Marx has been replaced by an opposite tendency: the private appropriation of the general intellect.

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@article{rodrigo2017,
  title        = {{Polarization of information and knowledge: a dialectical approach}},
  author       = {Rodrigo Moreno Marques},
  journal      = {International Review of Information Ethics},
  year         = {2017},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.29173/irie276},
}

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0.34

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.00 × 0.4 = 0.00
M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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