Смысл понятия "свободное время" и цифровой капитализм

Личность. Культура. Общество. 2020. Т. XXII. № 1-2(105-106). С. 94–99.

Afanasov N.

The article offers an analysis of the transformations of the concepts of “work”, “leisure”, “idleness” and “spare time” in the context of the extinction of classical labor practices that were determined by industrial capitalism. Modernity is characterized by blurring the boundaries of work and personal space. At the same time, the Aristotelian definition of practical activity as the one that is aimed at achieving an applied result remains relevant. However, the digitalization of work and leisure leads to the blurring of phenomena, which sometimes does not become the subject of understanding both the culture and the person himself. What is happening leads to the fact that the created vacuum of meaning and understanding in relation to the mentioned above phenomena/concepts is used by the system of digitalization of capitalism, only increasing alienation. For social philosophy, the differentiation of these concepts with regard to the transformations of the economic model becomes particularly relevant. The author attempts such a conceptual analysis. As a result, it is shown that analysis of labor and freedom could be undertaken only within the framework of appeal to the “free time”, that should be cleaned from cultural senses.

Keywords: социальная теория, капитализм, labor, capitalism, социальная философия, social philosophy, свободное время, leisure, труд, цифровая культура, social theory, spare time, праздность, цифровой капитализм, digital capitalism, digital culture