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Algorithmic governmentality is a new form of political governance interconnected with technology and computation. By coining the term “algorithmic governmentality,” Antoinette Rouvroy argues that this mode of governance reduces everything to data, and people are no longer individuals but dividuals (...

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Autores principales:	Fatemeh Savaedi, Maryam Alavi Nia
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Publicado:	Alfredo Mac Laughlin 2021
Materias:	algorithmic governmentality society of control infra-individuality dividuality consciousness project itoh Philosophy (General) B1-5802 Literature (General) PN1-6790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:00821cc1499a42b08ddb81653d9353a92021-11-17T19:12:27Z<null> me <null>: Algorithmic Governmentality and the Notion of Subjectivity in Project Itoh's Harmony2573-881Xhttps://doaj.org/article/00821cc1499a42b08ddb81653d9353a92021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jsfphil.org/vol-4/algorithmic-governmentality-in-harmony/https://doaj.org/toc/2573-881XAlgorithmic governmentality is a new form of political governance interconnected with technology and computation. By coining the term “algorithmic governmentality,” Antoinette Rouvroy argues that this mode of governance reduces everything to data, and people are no longer individuals but dividuals (able to be divided) or readable data profiles. Implementing the concept of algorithmic governmentality, the current study analyses Project Itoh’s award-winning novel Harmony in terms of such relevant concepts as “subjectivity,” “infra-individuality” and “control,” as suggested by Rouvroy and colleagues. The analysis further draws on Foucault’s ideas of “governmentality” and “neoliberalism” and Deleuze’s concepts of “dividuality” and “society of control.” In Itoh’s fictional world, the entire society is subject to the new medical government, which replaced the chaotic world with a perfect but harrowing benevolent society, eradicating disease, suicide and crime. As elucidated in this paper, despite the dominant controlling government, there is a hope for humans to regain and reestablish their subjectivity and give meaning to their own personality by defying the nihilistic computational system.Fatemeh SavaediMaryam Alavi NiaAlfredo Mac Laughlinarticlealgorithmic governmentalitysociety of controlinfra-individualitydividualityconsciousnessproject itohPhilosophy (General)B1-5802Literature (General)PN1-6790ENJournal of Science Fiction and Philosophy, Vol 4, Pp 1-19 (2021)
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description	Algorithmic governmentality is a new form of political governance interconnected with technology and computation. By coining the term “algorithmic governmentality,” Antoinette Rouvroy argues that this mode of governance reduces everything to data, and people are no longer individuals but dividuals (able to be divided) or readable data profiles. Implementing the concept of algorithmic governmentality, the current study analyses Project Itoh’s award-winning novel Harmony in terms of such relevant concepts as “subjectivity,” “infra-individuality” and “control,” as suggested by Rouvroy and colleagues. The analysis further draws on Foucault’s ideas of “governmentality” and “neoliberalism” and Deleuze’s concepts of “dividuality” and “society of control.” In Itoh’s fictional world, the entire society is subject to the new medical government, which replaced the chaotic world with a perfect but harrowing benevolent society, eradicating disease, suicide and crime. As elucidated in this paper, despite the dominant controlling government, there is a hope for humans to regain and reestablish their subjectivity and give meaning to their own personality by defying the nihilistic computational system.
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