Lifeworld transformations in digital capitalism

Abstract

This article addresses how digitalisation has altered our world from a critical political economy perspective. It grapples with the increasing perception of technological control and dominance and argues for renewed attention to the lifeworld concept transformed by technology and capital. It proposes an analytical distinction between the ‘concrete lifeworld’ and the ‘abstract lifeworld’ to capture the nuances of contemporary technologically mediated experience in the digital society.