Colloqium #18
September 2020
Description
In reference to his own digital identity, Anil K. Jain reflects on the changes of identity construction in the course of modernity and its latest turns (ie identity vs. difference, biometry vs. data mining etc.). Finally, uptopian and dystopian aspects are discussed.
Speakers
Anil Jain: Anil K. Jain studied political science, psychology and sociology at the LMU Munich and wrote a doctoral thesis on »Politics in (Post-)Modernity« under the supervision of Ulrich Beck. He not only works in social research but is active in the cultural field, too. Together with Mario Beilhack he founded »edition fatal«: a small publishing company with a series on “new philosophy”.