Affective Labor, Creative Life and the Condition of Cognitive Capitalism: Considering Creative Industries in Japan Yoshitaka

Yoshitaka Mōri

Affective Labor, Creative Life and the Condition of Cognitive Capitalism: Considering Creative Industries in Japan Yoshitaka

Asia Review
Abbr : SNUACAR
2018, 7(2), pp.91~104
Publisher : 아시아연구소
Research Area : Social Science > Social Science in general
Received : September 22, 2017
Accepted : February 12, 2018

Yoshitaka Mōri ¹

¹Tokyo University of the Arts

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The term ‘creative’ or ‘creativity’ is often used not only in art and culture but also in education and even in business in Japan today. In this paper, firstly I would like to examine the way in which the idea of the creative industries have developed over the last two decades and expanded as a category in Japan. Secondly, I would like to critically discuss the ideology of creativity in the new capitalist economy by looking at government and business discourse in Japan. Through these investigations, I would like to look at problems of working conditions in the creative industries.

KEYWORDS

Creativity, Creative Industries, Creative Class, Labor, Society of Control

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