Borders
A society’s structure and government are linked at the core to the organisation of space, and vice versa. For Foucault (2007) the definition and regulation of space is seen as governmentality, a tool for controlling and governing society. Defining certain spaces by assigning them certain properties, regulating their use and exchange, controlling
... See moreJakob Linaa Jensen • The Medieval Internet
There is, I believe, a long period, measured not in centuries but in millennia—between the earliest appearance of states and lasting until perhaps only four centuries ago—that might be called a “golden age for barbarians” and for nonstate peoples in general. For much of this long epoch, the political enclosure movement represented by the modern
... See moreJames C. Scott • Against the Grain
Die technologischen Möglichkeiten der digitalen Protokollierung von immer mehr Lebensspuren laden heutzutage dazu ein, ein auf das Individuum zielendes diagnostisches Instrumentarium der Risikoklassifikation anzuwenden. Der über uns schwebende Datenschatten, der unser soziales, politisches und ökonomisches Leben beschreibt und nachverfolgt, kann
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