Biopolitical Commons in the Postdigital Era

• Published in: Postdigital science and education 2019-10, Vol.1 (2), p.298-302
• Main Author: Escaño, Carlos
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Anniversaries; Biopolitics; Collaboration; Commentaries; Culture; Democracy; Education; Educational Philosophy; Educational Technology; Environmentalism; Feminism; Globalization; Individual Needs; Interpersonal Relationship; Knowledge; Neoliberalism; Scholarly publishing; Semantics; Social behavior; Social interaction; Social Studies; Society; Technology and Digital Education; Traditions
• ISSN: 2524-485X; 2524-4868
• DOI: 10.1007/s42438-019-00041-2

Following Marcuse’s (1991) suggestion that the political needs of the society have become individual needs and aspirations, Marina Garcés (2013) (based on Pietro Barcellona) argues that globalization is a system that maximizes individualism and universalizes fragmentation of ownership and responsibility. [...]neoliberal logic of globalization absorbs counter-cultural concepts and converts them into a homogeneous and hegemonic culture. [...]counter-cultural leitmotifs such as openness and shared mentality which (somewhat paradoxically) flourished in American military-funded academic research centres during the 1960s have transformed into probably the most advanced neoliberal economy in the world (Jandrić 2017). Despite various criticisms (see, for instance, Aguilera-Klint 2012) Hardin shows concern for important issues such as the growth of world’s population and proposes concepts useful for today’s debate such as access, production, management, protection, conservation, and development of the commons. All that is common (common goods to be attained, common goods we enjoy, or common goods in which we participate) is mediated by social interaction. [...]the commons result from social production necessary for one’s social interaction and ulterior production (Hardt and Negri 2009): knowledge, languages, codes, affections, etc.