Agency and the Posthuman Shape of Law

Ignas Kalpokas ()
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Ignas Kalpokas: Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Public Communication

Chapter Chapter 5 in Algorithmic Governance, 2019, pp 67-88 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The changes and transformations described in the previous chapters necessitate a reconsideration of human agency. However, it is important not to jump to conclusions: whereas it is clear that accounts of human privilege in agency are no longer sustainable, algorithms equally cannot be seen as the unconditional masters of (human) life. Instead, agency is demonstrated to be located in assemblages composed of humans, code, and technological artefacts that integrate and shape the contours of everyday life. In order to appropriately conceptualise the matter, this chapter turns to posthumanist thought, particularly its emphasis on the relationality and embeddedness of human existence. The outlook thus developed rejects the longstanding dominance of anthropocentrism and allows for multiple ways of treating nonhuman agents on par with human ones.

Keywords: Posthumanism; Agency; Assemblage; Code; Causation; Choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-31922-9_5

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