Christian Fuchs published a new book, wrapping up the topics of war, capitalism, digitalisation, globalisation, political economy, peace and socialism. This book is open access.

This is an excellent, wide-ranging account of thinking about war in the context of new forms of capitalism, providing original analysis of the global dimensions of contemporary war while reflecting on the heritage of sociological theory. It will lead to a rethinking of priorities in social theory.

Sylvia Walby, Professor, Department of Law and Criminology, School of Law and Social Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: War, Peace and Digital Capitalism
2. On Violence
3. On Digital Violence
4. On Digital War
5. On Digital Capitalism
6. On Global Capitalism
7. On Global (Digital) Capitalism’s Political Economy: The Economic Dimension
8. On Global (Digital) Capitalism’s Political Economy: The Political and Military Dimension
9. World Peace
10. The United Nations, Human Rights, and World Peace
11. World Peace and Democratic (Digital) Socialism
12. Conclusion: World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism
Notes
References
Index

Christian Fuchs. 2025. World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism. London: University of Westminster Press. ISBN 978-1-915445-77-3 (pbk), 978-1-915445-78-0 (pdf), 978-1-915445-79-7 (epub), 978-1-915445-80-3 (mobi). 360 pages.
Published open access and as paperback.

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