People as data, data as oil: the digital sovereignty of the Indian state

IF 4.2 1区文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Information Communication & Society Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/1369118X.2022.2056498

R. Prasad

引用次数: 2

Abstract

ABSTRACT This article connects the Indian state’s regulation of the digital economy, exemplified by the 2019 draft of the e-commerce policy, to its regulation and control of bodies, specifically through the biometric ID, Aadhaar, and its proliferating uses. It argues that the thrust of India’s emergent project of digital sovereignty is not merely geopolitical, but also biopolitical, a process through which the Indian state is engaged in altering what it is to be sovereign and its subject.

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人即数据，数据即石油:印度政府的数字主权

摘要本文将印度政府对数字经济的监管（以2019年电子商务政策草案为例）与对机构的监管联系起来，特别是通过生物识别ID Aadhaar及其激增的用途。它认为，印度新兴的数字主权项目的主旨不仅是地缘政治，也是生物政治，印度政府通过这个过程来改变其主权及其主体。

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Information Communication & Society Multiple-

CiteScore

10.20

自引率

4.80%

发文量

110

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