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Kiyoshi Murata
Department Undergraduate School , School of Commerce Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2014/06 |
| Type | International Conference |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Dividualisation: Objectified and Partialised Human Beings |
| Contribution Type | Co-authored (other than first author) |
| Journal | Proceedings of CEPE 2014 |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Volume, Issue, Page | pp.1-8 |
| Author and coauthor | Yohko Orito and Kiyoshi Murata |
| Details | With the growth of the current socio-technological environment, whereby personal data on individuals are collected, stored, and exploited using advanced methods made possible by information and communication technologies, individuals are treated as dividuals (Deleuze, 1992), that is, as a dividable existence in which a set of their personal data is used to represent a specific aspect of them. The nature of dividualisation is associated with dis/re-embodiment of the individual, and leads the objectification and partialisation of human beings. Due to this objectification, holistic approaches to understanding individuals are undermined, and this may seriously affect individuals' ways of thinking, ideas of what an individual is, and paradigms of good societies. In this study, the social risks caused by the objectification and partialisation of human beings are discussed. |