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Jannice Käll

Jannice Käll

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Jannice Käll

A Posthuman Data Subject? The Right to Be Forgotten and Beyond

Author

  • Jannice Käll

Summary, in English


The general assumption in the West is that there still is an inherent difference between persons and things. This divide informs how “the human” and human subjectivity are constructed as distinct from all others. Recently, the distinction has been challenged in posthumanist theory, where it has been argued that the divide between human and nonhuman agents—or rather, bodies—is always an effect of a differential set of powers. For this reason, the boundaries between human and nonhuman are always in flux. As posthumanist theorists have argued, this change in boundaries may be specifically visualized in relation to digital technology. Today, such technologies obfuscate the boundaries between persons and things, and the extensive utilization of smartphones, social media, and online search engines are just three common examples.

Publishing year

2017-08-30

Language

English

Pages

1145-1162

Publication/Series

German Law Journal

Volume

18

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Topic

  • Law and Society

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2071-8322