Blade Runner Capitalism, the Transnational Corporation, and Commodification
Implications for Cultural Integrity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3877872 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marc T Jones (University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 287-306 |
| Publication date | 1998-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cultural Dynamics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0921-3740 • E-ISSN: 1461-7048 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/092137409801000304 |
| OpenAlex | W2033649060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 20 |
This paper examines the relationship between global capitalism, commodification, and cultural integrity from multiple levels of analysis ranging from the macro to the micro. The macro approach questions the salience of the globalization thesis and argues that the future articulation of what I call Blade Runner capitalism will be less integrative than the Fordist-Keynesian capitalism of the past, thereby increasing the space for cultural integrity in many regions. The micro approach examines the nature of the commodity form through the diverse theoretical lenses of Marx, Weber, Veblen, and Baudrillard. I point out weaknesses in the formulations of both Marx and Weber, and turn to Veblen and Baudrillard for a fuller interpretation of commodity form. From this positionality, I argue that spaces for resistance to the hegemony of economic rationality may exist within the commodification process and the commodity form rather than apart from them. I conclude that globalization is not the all-encompassing threat to cultural integrity that many observers argue; nor does commodity status rule out effective resistance to cultural hegemony
Capitalism · Commodification · Commodity · Economics · Economy · Globalization · Hegemony · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Law · Political Economy and Marxism · Social and Cultural Dynamics
Sociology of the global system
Contemporary Capitalism
Post‐Fordism
The Global in the Local
The Great Transformation
The cultural contradictions of capitalism
Making Capital from Culture
Global/Local
Critical Theory, Marxism, and Modernity
Lean and Mean
Media Culture
The condition of postmodernity
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy
Defiant Images
Aboriginal Media and the Australian Imaginary
Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |