[Air-L] World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism

[Christian Fuchs]

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

More information:
https://fuchsc.net/books/world-war-and-world-peace-in-the-age-of-social-media/

“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

This book deals with violence, world war, and world peace in global 
digital capitalism. It asks: How do violence and war manifest themselves 
in global digital capitalism? How do digital capitalism and digital 
technologies manifest themselves in violence and warfare? What are the 
prospects for world peace today?

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