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SUMMARY:CIDRAL Public Lecture: Christian Fuchs (Westminster): Capitalism 
 and Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of the Internet and Commun
 icative/Digital Capitalism
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DESCRIPTION:This event is part of CIDRAL's Public Intellectuals\, Popular
 ity and Populism programme.\n\nChristian Fuchs\, professor of media and 
 communication studies and Director of the Communication and Media Resear
 ch Institute\, University of Westminster\, will deliver a public lecture
  entitled Capitalism and Communication: Critical Theory in the Age of th
 e Internet and Communicative/Digital Capitalism.\n\nThis talk outlines f
 oundations of how to think critically about capitalism and communication
  in the age of the Internet\, the “information society\,” and digital te
 chnologies. \n\nCritical communication theory is associated with Jürgen 
 Habermas’ work. Habermas’ work is a critical theory\, but not a Marxist 
 theory. The approach presented in this talk goes beyond Habermas by outl
 ining foundations of a Marxist-humanist theory of communication. It outl
 ines the basics of Christian Fuchs’ forthcoming book “Communication and 
 Capitalism: A Critical Theory” (University of Westminster Press 2020). \
 n\nFuchs draws on and goes beyond elements of the works of authors such 
 as Hegel\, Marx\, Theodor W. Adorno\, Erich Fromm\, Lucien Goldmann\, Da
 vid Harvey\, Henri Lefebvre\, Georg Lukács\, Rosa Luxemburg\, Edward P. 
 Thompson\, Raymond Williams\, and others. Fuchs points out foundations o
 f a critical theory of communication that is grounded in Karl Marx’s wor
 ks and the approach of Marxist humanism. The talk elaborates theoretical
  foundations having to do with materialism\, communication in society\, 
 communication in capitalism\, communication technologies\, alienation\, 
 ideology\, and class struggles for 21st century socialism. \n\nIn the ag
 e of the Internet\, we need to think about the role of communication in 
 capitalist society. Critical theory needs to reconfigure itself in the c
 ontext of digital and communicative capitalism. For doing so\, a critica
 l theory of communication is needed as a foundation. Whereas Habermas gr
 ounded his theory of communication in the works of thinkers such as Geor
 ge Herbert Mead\, Jean Piaget and John Searle\, there are hidden and for
 gotten elements and works in Marxist humanism that matter for the constr
 uction of a 21st century critical theory of communication.\n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:International Anthony Burgess Foundation\, 3 Cambridge Street\, 
 \, Manchester\, M1 5BY
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