Book Review: Media Capitalism. Hegemony in the Age of Mass Deception

Abstract

Cant considers that these two perspectives are not very promising as they neglect capital’s intrinsic profit-oriented logic. He, by contrast, opts for the familiar ‘self-emancipation of the working class’ through a new cooperative economic structure, harnessing the potential of the platform organisation model. The huge difficulties and problems that delivery co-ops would face, however, require a purposeful political support structure, some sort of basic income and a service economy for society as a whole. Although several parts of the book give the impression of a somewhat forced mixture of orthodox class struggle theory and empirical observations of a new and still limited form of digital capitalism, Cant’s study is full of interesting and encouraging analytic reflections and insights and is a very recommendable read.