ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alberto Romele

Alberto Romele is associate professor in philosophy of technology at the Catholic University of Lille. His research focuses on technological imaginaries, hermeneutics, and theories of the digital.

POSTS BY Alberto Romele

20 June 2019

Alberto Romele

An Illusion of Western Democracies

The thesis I propose is that the reason why the Social Credit System so scandalises Westerners is not because it is contrary to ‘our’ Aristotelian and Arendtian liberal political tradition. Rather, it is precisely because it shows the illusion upon which this tradition is founded. This consists in believing that there is a void at our disposal between people as ‘free’ citizens and the political as a set of laws. Continue reading >>