Erasing Agonism: How Algorithmic Governance Goes Further than Leviathan
Philosophy & Social Criticism: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal
Published online on June 05, 2026
Abstract
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Algorithmic governance is sometimes compared to Hobbes’s Leviathan. Here I argue that, while algorithmic governance shares some similarities with the Hobbesian schema, it goes further in its suppression of contestation. To show this, I read Hobbes against ...
Algorithmic governance is sometimes compared to Hobbes’s Leviathan. Here I argue that, while algorithmic governance shares some similarities with the Hobbesian schema, it goes further in its suppression of contestation. To show this, I read Hobbes against ...