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Ordoliberal Political Philosophy: Outlining a New Subjectivity Through the Lens of (Foucauldian) Biopolitical Project
No full textThe essay aims to highlight the distinctiveness of ordoliberal political philosophy and the significance of its relationship with the concepts of order, time, and power. The ordoliberal moment is analyzed through its various theoretical transformations, consistently emerging as a key factor within the neoliberal agenda. The analysis primarily focuses on unpacking the characteristics of Foucault’s homo oeconomicus in relation to the ordoliberal understanding of subjectivity. The positioning of the economic in relation to the political is shown to be critical for the philosophical analysis of the formation of a characteristic type of subject within the ordoliberal anthropological framework, defined by economic behavior. The author demonstrates that the new grammar of power within neoliberal democracy rests on a structurally non-revolutionary dynamic, on one hand, and the prestige of economic action, on the other, resulting in a highly specific subject as the foundation of ordoliberal theory.Esej pokušava da ukaže na specifičnost ordoliberalne političke filozofije i značaj njenog odnosa prema konceptima poretka, vremena i moći. Ordoliberalni momenat se analizira u svojim različitim teorijskim transformacijama, pokazujući se svakog puta kao ključni faktor unutar neoliberalnog programa. Analiza se prvenstveno fokusira na raščlanjivanje karakteristika Fukoovog homo oeconomicus-a u odnosu na ordoliberalno shvatanje subjektiviteta. Pozicioniranje ekonomskog u odnosu na političko u eseju se pokazuje značajnim za filozofsku analizu nastajanja karakterističnog tipa subjekta u okviru ordoliberalne antropološke agende, odlikovanog ekonomskim ponašanjem. Autor pokazuje da nova gramatika moći u okviru neoliberalne demokratije počiva na strukturnoj nerevolucionarnoj dinamici, s jedne, i prestižu ekonomske akcije, s druge strane, što rezultuje krajnje specifičnim subjektom kao temeljem ordoliberalne teorije
Becoming a Target: Journalists' Perspectives on Anti-Press Discourse and Experiences with Hate Speech
No full textIn many parts of the world, journalists work in increasingly hostile environments. To better understand the characteristics and implications of hostility against the press in a hybrid regime, this study explores how journalists in Serbia perceive and experience anti-press hate speech. Based on 20 interviews with diverse reporters, we describe hate speech against journalists as an ad hominem attack triggered by the very nature of journalistic conduct. We discuss two identified mechanisms of hate speech propagation. The first, machinery of hate speech, refers to orchestrated attacks on independent journalists by ruling party officials, pro-government news outlets, and troll armies. In contrast, the lone-wolf-haters mechanism refers to authentic and sporadic expressions of hate by extreme partisan audiences to which all journalists are susceptible, regardless of their affiliation. Describing their personal experiences, the participants report various responses to encountering hate speech, ranging from immediate emotions to less immediate psychological reactions to physical health problems. To prevent hateful acts from interfering with their journalistic performance, they rely on a variety of coping strategies and mechanisms, including psychological and professional strategies, as well as social and institutional support.This is a reprint of the journal article in Journalism Practice (https://rifdt.ifdt.bg.ac.rs/123456789/2826
Behind the Algorithm: Human Labor, Bias, and Power Structures in AI Art
No full textGenerative AI technologies are often portrayed as objective and autonomous, suggesting progress detached from the social realities in which they are developed. However, these systems rely on socio-political frameworks, perpetuating existing inequalities and reinforcing corporate control. Human labor, essential for training, curation, and refinement, remains hidden behind these systems, further entrenching racial, gender, and class biases embedded in training data. As a result, AI not only reflects but amplifies societal inequities.
This presentation advocates for an interdisciplinary approach that integrates art, technology, and social critique to rethink AI’s role in society and foster more transparent, equitable systems. Critical and tactical AI art provides a compelling method of resistance, as artists use creative interventions to expose the biases and hidden labor behind generative AI systems. These artworks challenge algorithmic authorship and interrogate the power structures that shape both AI technology and the social relations it influences.
By questioning not only the outputs but also the political, economic, and cultural frameworks driving AI’s development, AI art becomes a powerful tool for exposing the dominance of corporate narratives. It offers new perspectives on how these technologies impact human agency and social power, while envisioning alternative futures where technology amplifies diverse voices rather than silencing them
From Gender Re-Traditionalizations to Anti-Gender Mobilizations: Care for Family in Serbia and Croatia
No full textThis article focuses on the cases of Croatia and Serbia to demonstrate how the heteronormative model of family and the constructs of “protection of family and children”—which are central to anti-gender mobilizations—can be traced to the 1990s heteronationalist discourses of family in both countries. The authors argue that the crucial link between these two discourses is that they both increasingly problematize diverse family forms and imbue “traditional family” with special value as the structure that is “best for children” and therefore merits special legal and policy protection with a view to its restoration as society’s unquestionable cornerstone. The analysis of narrative content in parliamentary and public debates about family-related laws and policies in Serbia and Croatia between the 1990s and the 2020s is guided by the following questions: What are the continuities in the legal framework and narratives on the family in post-socialist Croatia and Serbia compared with the period of socialist Yugoslavia? Who are the actors who create narratives of return to a traditional family in post-socialist Croatia and Serbia, and how do these actors define family and care for the family? The article calls attention to how what is “old”—narratives of return to the traditional family—forms the backbone of religious-conservative oppositions to gender and sexuality rights, including the most recent wave of anti-gender mobilizations
Blockchain Technology in Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Beyond
No full textBlockchain technology has gained significant attention for its decentralized, secure, transparent, and immutable characteristics. It has been adopted in various domains, including the financial and education sectors. This systematic review provides a comprehensive analysis of the opportunities, challenges, and future educational prospects of blockchain technology by examining published research from various disciplines. A bibliometric approach was adopted using R Studio. Datasets were sourced from the Scopus database, which included Scopusindexed articles from 2018 to 2022. The keywords “blockchain” and “education” were used to retrieve relevant articles. Specific criteria were applied to filter the literature sources, ensuring that our discussions focused on the applications and challenges of blockchain technology in education. We only considered articles written in English, specifically those published in proceedings and journals. The review identified that blockchain technology has the potential to transform education by enhancing data security, facilitating efficient verification and credentialing processes, and enabling peer-to-peer transactions. However, addressing challenges such as adoption, technical expertise, data privacy, security, and standardization is crucial. Therefore, the study concludes that implementing blockchain technology in education can yield significant benefits for future generations. These benefits include reducing the gap in global education and increasing transparency and accountability in the education sector
On the Relationship Between Education and Emancipation
No full textEmancipation implies that there exists some kind of docu mented or experienced lack of freedom/equality or some state of slavery or oppression, and represents the act or process of liberation, throwing off the yoke and empowering the subjugated, although the yokes can be very different. It is a voluntary act or process that is often seen as a return to a state of natural freedom from a state of unfreedom. It is an act or process that frees one from the power of another, whether it is slavery, subjugation, dependence or control. The concept gradually evolved to encompass freedom from all forms of oppression. What were once seen as partial “emancipations” have been elevated to a universal call for the “social emancipation” of humanity, championed by reformers and revolutionaries worldwide
Butler Traveling East: On Practices of Reading and Translating
No full textTheories travel, and their destinations matter. Instead of dwelling on what happens to them while they journey, the article seeks to understand how theories enter different circumstances, what facilitates or obstructs their mobility and what is the context in which they land. It proposes to consider how Judith Butler’s theories traveled to the East of Europe, more particularly to Serbia and the Balkans. The article proceeds diachronically, from the mid-1980s to today, considering the era of wars and the breakup of Yugoslavia, the transitional 2000s, and the consciously postsocialist 2010s. This trajectory appears on the background of the practices of reading and translating Butler’s works, situating the post-Yugoslavs in the wider context of Eastern Europe. The way we incorporated Butler in our knowledge production about ourselves is presented as a living archive of particular Eastern feminist quests: a search for language, a search for an identity, and lastly, a search for a political position. Ultimately, the text functions as a call for a we – a distinctly “Eastern European feminist we” – and a bid for coalitional thinking through cultural translation and pedagogy of trouble
