BOOKS - Algorithmic Governance: Politics and Law in the Post-Human Era
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Algorithmic Governance: Politics and Law in the Post-Human Era
Author: Ignas Kalpokas
Year: December 28, 2019
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.4 MB
Language: English
Year: December 28, 2019
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 1.4 MB
Language: English
This book analyses the changes to the regulation of everyday life that have taken place as a result of datafication, the ever-growing analytical, predictive, and structuring role of algorithms, and the prominence of the platform economy. This new form of regulation - algorithmic governance - ranges from nudging individuals towards predefined outcomes to outright structuration of behaviour through digital architecture. The author reveals the strength and pervasiveness of algorithmic politics through a comparison with the main traditional form of regulation: law. These changes are subsequently demonstrated to reflect a broader shift away from anthropocentric accounts of the world. In doing so, the book adopts a posthumanist framework which focuses on deep embeddedness and interactions between humans, the natural environment, technology, and code.