Artikel

The rise of cybernetic citizenship

The global COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates how states and companies mobilise new sociotechnical systems to track, trace, evaluate, and modulate the behaviour of citizens. This development illustrates an already-existing transformation of citizenship governance, which this article captures as the move to ‘cybernetic citizenship’. First, the article explores the concept of cybernetic citizenship, providing an overview of the concepts of ‘cybernetic’ and ‘citizenship’ and synthesising these in a discussion of the cybernetic modulation of citizenship. Second, it presents the rise of cybernetic citizenship in the urban realm, zooming in on the case of the Chinese social credit system and the way it affects civic life in the urban realm. Third, it turns into the normative implications of cybernetic citizenship, arguing that it confronts the idea of citizens as equal, free, and vigilant. It challenges equality by turning rights into ends, freedom by turning status into process, and civic virtue by turning excellence into effectiveness.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Citizenship Studies ; ISSN: 1469-3593 ; Year: 2022 ; Issue: Latest Articles ; Pages: -- ; London: Taylor & Francis

Klassifikation
Politik
Thema
citizenship
cybernetic citizenship
COVID-19
social credit system
China

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Reijers, Wessel
Orgad, Liav
de Filippi, Primavera
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Taylor & Francis
(wo)
London
(wann)
2022

DOI
doi:10.1080/13621025.2022.2077567
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Reijers, Wessel
  • Orgad, Liav
  • de Filippi, Primavera
  • Taylor & Francis

Entstanden

  • 2022

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