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Journal article
Identity, Technology and their Confluence: Governmentality in the Digital Age
Law Technology and Humans, Vol.2(2), pp.81-96
2020
Abstract
The digital age has posed significant challenges for the governance of society. These challenges stem, in part, from the fact that many of the practices of governance arose in the pre-digital world. Foucault's notion of `governmentality' is a framework that can take account of the different sets of practices of governance. Comparing current practices with those highlighted by Miller and Rose's 'three families' of governmentality suggests that twenty -first century governance operates as a new, fourth family. This research demonstrates this through an examination of aspects of the law-such as welfare and libel law-that have changed since the nineteenth century, with those changes mapping to the different families. In other words, the manner in which we, as legal subjects, have been constituted has changed, and will continue to change. As such, while specific practices such as fake news are seen to be problematic now, any reactions to them are historically contingent-and so the practices may not be seen to be an issue in a couple of decades time.
Details
- Title
- Identity, Technology and their Confluence: Governmentality in the Digital Age
- Authors/Creators
- C. Dent - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Law Technology and Humans, Vol.2(2), pp.81-96
- Publisher
- Queensland Univ Technology
- Number of pages
- 16
- Identifiers
- 991005553787407891
- Copyright
- © 2020 The Author/s
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law and Criminology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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