Introduction

  • Arwid Lund
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Abstract

This chapter puts peer production and Wikipedia in their context of digitally mediated capitalism. Key concepts are explained and an outline of the book’s content is provided. The problem area and aim of the study, as well as the theoretical and methodological points of departure, are pointed out. Some key concepts for the ideology analysis are defined.

Keywords

Social Exchange Wage Labour Capital Relation Spontaneous Order Marxist Theory 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Arwid Lund
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  1. 1.Department of Arts and Cultural SciencesLund UniversityLundSweden

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