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03497aam a2200385 i 4500 001 7D14A1F28FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220217010136 008 210723t20212021sa b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781431431557 020 $a 1431431559 035 $a (OCoLC)1261306469 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d OI@ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ZCU $d GZM $d IaU $d SILO 043 $a f-sa--- 050 4 $a HC905.A5 $b F68 2021 082 04 $a 330.9034 $2 23 245 04 $a The fourth industrial revolution : $b a sociological critique / $c edited by Trevor Ngwane and Malehoko Tshoaedi. 264 1 $a Auckland Park, South Africa : $b Jacana Media, $c 2021. 300 $a 172 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b color illustrations ; $c 24 cm 520 $a "One of the chief concerns regarding the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies is that they are owned and monopolised by advanced capitalist countries. Both between countries and within countries we find 'the digital divide'. Most of humanity, having little or no access to widespread means of communication and access to information via the internet, will not benefit from the 4IR. The promotion and adoption of these technologies without a plan to address this will lead to a more unequal world. The talk about people changing careers or learning new skills in the face of technologically driven job losses does not consider the differential skills and potentialities among people. Importantly, countries are told to do everything in their power not to be left behind by the 4IR. They are told that they must adopt these technologies come what may, without properly assessing country-specific and class-specific implications, threats and needs. Is there any guarantee that agreeing to and adoption of the Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies by, say, African countries, will not have the same result - leaving them exploited and dominated by those who wield and own the new technologies? 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Postscript : COVID-19 and the fourth industrial revolution / $r Trevor Ngwane. $t Why does the Davos World Economic Forum proclaim the second phase of a post-1970s third capitalist industrial revolution as the '4IR'? / $r David Cooper -- $t The fourth industrial revolution : a theoretical critique of the discourse / $r Mokong S. Mapadimeng -- $t Long-run global perspective on evolution, revolution and innovation in South Africa's development / $r Rasigan Maharajh -- $t Botched technological revolution and the South African proletariat / $r Mondli Hlatswayo -- $t The new 'Arcadia'? Racial capitalism, technological histories and the utopian future of labour / $r Bridget Kenny -- $t Fourth industrial revolution challenges to labour : COSATU's perspective / $t Zingiswa Losi -- $t Postscript : COVID-19 and the fourth industrial revolution / $r Trevor Ngwane. 650 0 $a Industry 4.0. 650 0 $a Industrial revolution. 650 0 $a Technological innovations. 650 0 $a Industrial engineering. 650 7 $a Industrial engineering. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00970992 650 7 $a Industrial revolution. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00971658 650 7 $a Industry 4.0. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02024640 650 7 $a Technological innovations. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01145002 700 1 $a Ngwane, Trevor, $e editor. 700 1 $a Tshoaedi, Malehoko, $e editor. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117022629.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7D14A1F28FC011ECBA4AA6A62FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search