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A Computational Study of Xinghun Marriage Between Young Gay People in China Based on Dating Profiles
Get PDFThis study examines the phenomenon of xinghun–a marriage between a homosexual man and a homosexual woman–in contemporary China. Through a quantitative analysis of more than 60,000 dating profiles from the website Chinagayles.com, we examine the motivations and concerns of young gay people in China who seek this type of marriage. The analysis shows that desire for financial and social stability is an important reason for many to engage in xinghun. Concern for parents and a wish to make them happy features as a major topic, and many explicitly search for a partner with a traditional gender expression to satisfy heteronormative expectations. However, the analysis also shows that xinghun cannot only be understood as a response to pressure; some seek xinghun for personal connection and friendship or as a means to gain more freedom and autonomy. Further, there are significant gender differences in approaches to xinghun, seen most clearly in the question of whether or not to have children. Finally, a central methodological contribution of this study is that the simple procedure of extracting n-grams from a large corpus of Chinese text can provide a powerful analytical method
Frihed som økologisk sensibilitet: mod et nyt begreb om forholdet mellem menneske og natur
No full textDenne artikel undersøger forholdet mellem menneske og natur i lyset af den økologiske krise og tesen om ’det antropocæne’. Artiklen argumenterer for, at eksisterende sociologiske frihedsbegreber ikke levner tilstrækkeligt plads til naturen som et meningsgivende og selvberoende værdifuldt Andet, og at der for at kunne etablere en bæredygtig social orden, som svarer på klimakrisen, er brug for et nyt og naturinkluderende frihedsbegreb, som korresponderer med og legitimerer denne orden.
Artiklen består af fire dele. Artiklens første del indkredser gennem filosofiske og samfundsdiagnostiske bidrag, hvordan naturen i moderniteten er forsvundet eller blevet konstrueret som død materie og forbinder denne bevægelse med et subjektivt naturtab og en svigtende natursensibilitet. Artiklens anden del undersøger naturens status i eksisterende sociologiske frihedsbegreber. I tredje del introduceres tre teoretiske perspektiver fra tre forskellige teoretiske traditioner – fænomenologi, kritisk teori og nymaterialisme – som bruges til at pege på en ny forståelse af relationen mellem menneske og natur, som i artiklens sidste del bringes i dialog med de traditionelle sociologiske frihedsbegreber med henblik på at formulere et nyt frihedsbegreb, som betegnes frihed som økologisk sensibilitet
Redaktørens introduktion: Omsorg - vilkår, arbejde og kønnet praksis
No full textMenneskets omsorg for andre provokerer store dele af sociologien, som primært har taget afsæt i en ide om, at mennesket er en ulv i forhold til andre mennesker. Historisk har store dele af sociologien derfor ikke fundet det nødigt at tænke igennem, hvad omsorg som en genuin social praksis består i.
Det er underligt, at omsorgspraksis ikke er blevet taget mere alvorligt i et sociologisk perspektiv. For mennesket er jo sammenlignet med de andre dyr det store omsorgsdyr
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Discipline and Power in the Digital Age. Critical Reflections from Foucault’s Thought
Get PDFIn the ever-evolving landscape of the digital age, the theories posited by Michel Foucault four decades ago provide an insightful lens through which to view our contemporary technological society. This article underscores the shift from modern reference disciplines, such as biology, political economy, and linguistics, to the emergent domains of cognitive and computer sciences. By exploring the personalization of online user experiences via data collection and behavioral microtargeting, the study highlights the nuances of modern surveillance. This new era of monitoring bears a resemblance to Foucault’s concept of disciplinary power, marked by its subtle yet omnipresent control. In a world where digital oversight by governments and corporations is increasingly prominent, the relevance of Foucault’s ideas becomes significant for deciphering and traversing the intricate landscapes of power and surveillance in the digital age
Who, in Our Present, Might the Pierre Rivières Be? Political Subjectivation and the Construction of a Collective “We”
Get PDFThis article intends to focus on some of the possibilities for analysis and reflection that emerge from the reading of I, Pierre Rivière, having slaughtered my mother, my sister, my brother: a 1973 text, edited by Foucault, which develops from the recognition of the potency inherent in the act of speech by the speechless. Pierre Rivière is in fact considered the one who, through but also beyond his terrible deed, has the (entirely political) ability to take the risk of “challenging power.” It is precisely by means of this act that he undertakes a process of desubjection and subjectivation, imposing disruptive and scandalous truths and discourses against other truths and discourses recognized as dominant and more authoritative. Pierre Rivière's Memoir cannot therefore be investigated as a confession; rather, it has to do with parrhēsia, anticipating many of the Foucauldian reflections on the subject, which would not be developed until several years later. Moreover, it does not really concern an isolated individual. The subject Rivière speaks of is one who not only rises up for his own part but also paves the way for the many without a part, thus outlining the possibilities of constructing a collective “we” that aims to conquer a political space. From here the question arises: “Who, in our present, might the Pierre Rivières be?” A question that has nothing to do with the tragic facts of the parricide but which allows us to explore what Pierre Rivière enables us to think and say today