Accelerationism

In critical and social theory, accelerationism refers to a range of ideas concerning capitalism and technological change that propose that they constitute a universal process of "acceleration", which should be drastically intensified to create radical social change. Sometimes, and often in a pejorative sense, it may refer to the post-Marxist idea that because of capitalism's contradictions and instabilities, the abolition of the system and its class structures should be brought about by its acceleration. The French critical theorists Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari's idea of deterritorialization, as well as aspects of the theoretical systems and processes developed by English philosopher Nick Land are important influences on accelerationism, which aims to analyze and promote the social, economic, cultural and libidinal forces that constitute the process of acceleration.