The Political Economy Section will host a webinar to discuss World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism by Christian Fuchs.
When: Tuesday 18 November, 2025 @17h00 UTC / 09h00 Los Angeles / 12h00 New York / 17h00 London / 18h00 Paris / 20h00 Nairobi / 22h30 Kolkata. The event will last 1 hour.
Pre-registration is required by 16 November. Register here.
In this talk, Christian Fuchs introduces some aspects of his book World War and World Peace in the Age of Digital Capitalism. World politics has become highly polarised. We live in times when a new world war has become more likely. The United Nations’ 2024 Pact for the Future expresses concerns about ”the growing risks of a nuclear war which could pose an existential threat to humanity“. Will humanity descend into barbarism and world war, or will we realise the dangers of our global problems, weapons of mass destruction, and the threats posed by a potential new world war, and a climate catastrophe in order to avoid annihilation and create perpetual world peace?
The 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? In order to prevent world war and advance world peace, we need a better understanding of war and violence and of their contexts and causes. We need to ask what war is, what violence is, what war and peace look like today and how they have changed in the 21st century.
Sponsored by: IAMCR's Political Economy Section
Moderator:
Mandy Tröger (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Vice-chair of IAMCR's Political Economy Section
Christian Fuchs is a critical theorist of communication and society, editor of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (https://www.triple-c.at), and professor of media systems and media organisation at Paderborn University. https://fuchsc.net, https://fuchschristian.bsky.social/
Registration
Pre-registration is required by 16 November. Pre-register here.
Location: The meeting will take place on Zoom. Pre-registered participants will receive personal invitations 24 hours before the webinar begins.
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About the series
The IAMCR Webinar Series aims to open-up channels for engagement and participation in addition to the annual conference, while echoing the great work that is done by Sections, Working Groups and IAMCR members. The series includes presentations, debates, book and project launches. The format is flexible, the connection is what matters. Join us!