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Title:: The Domination of Abstractness in Digital Society and the Path to Overcoming It: A Critique from the Perspective of Marx's Critique of Political Economy

Keywords:: abstract labor; abstract time; digital abstraction; critique of political economy

Abstract:: The domination of abstractness is the essential feature of modern society. It shapes the interest orientation that dominates civil society, constitutes the crisis of abstraction of laborers in large-scale machine production, and places modern society on the path of procedural dependence. Abstract labor is the realistic foundation of abstract domination, and abstract time is the disciplinary method of abstract domination. The tyranny of capitalist time exposes the secret of capitalists' exploitation of workers. Digital abstraction represents the contemporary form and the latest advancement of abstract labor, and digital capitalism essentially constitutes a societal system governed and manipulated by capital, private ownership, and general data. Building a digital China is an important engine for promoting Chinese path to modernization and will be a strong support for realizing a new model for human progress in the digital age.