The Self, the Other and the Law
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51204/IVRS_25110AKeywords:
Technology, Digital Self, Other, Intersubjectivity, LawAbstract
Self is constructed by reflecting on the Other(s). The Other refers to anything external that is internalised by the subject. The digital mediascape, increasingly populating our conception of the Other today, becomes the mirror in which we reflect to emerge as subjects. The predominant aim of this paper is to explore the challenges posed regarding the idea of the Self in the digital world and how the Law responds or may respond to such challenges. How, and to what extent, does the digital world colonise the Other through which we conceive of ourselves, and ultimately upon which we construct our (digital and otherwise) Self? How is the image of the Self projected in the digital environment? What is the role of the law in this process of (re)identification? Predictive modelling will be particularly considered to assess these questions.
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