Papers by E.M. van Reeven
Erasmus Student Journal of Philosophy, 2018
In ‘The Internet: State of Nature or Artificial State? A Modern Reflection on Hobbes and Rousseau... more In ‘The Internet: State of Nature or Artificial State? A Modern Reflection on Hobbes and Rousseau’, Eva Miléna van Reeven questions Internet governance from an early modern perspective, and highlights the importance of net neutrality in the global economy. Reflecting on Thomas Hobbes’ concept of the State of Nature, as introduced in his famous Leviathan, and on Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s concept of the corruption of the state, van Reeven concludes that the Internet carries elements of both philosophies. Governance in the digital realm may not resemble any traditional form of governance from the physical realm, but the Internet is subject to governance nonetheless. The preservation of net neutrality is crucial, for net neutrality could very well be the only thing keeping the Internet from resembling a Hobbesian State of Nature.
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Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR for short) is an online movement that has recently mov... more Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR for short) is an online movement that has recently moved from peripheral freakiness to mainstream weird.
You know. Those videos of people, usually women, whispering sweet nothings into your ear whilst tapping on an exfoliating brush, going through painstaking efforts to make you feel relaxed. Many of you will probably think it strange or fetishistic — which it is, and also isn't. Hear me out.
The movement promises relief from anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other symptoms that are increasingly becoming more common to those living in late capitalist's risk society. I analyze ASMR as pharmakon (Bernard Stiegler), as being at once a cure and a poison. ASMR plays into the very crisis of care it promises relief from through the uncritical adoption of stereotypical caring roles, which perpetuates devalued feminized care labor, the participation in the highly lucrative (exploitative) self-help industry, which perpetuates the resilient subject (Sarah Bracke), as well as by playing into economy of attention through sh*t like commodity fetishism and IKEA... Dear Lord, IKEA..........
But the ever-growing popularity of ASMR indicates that there is a need for... what, exactly? We are currently living in an age of chronic crisis, in a society that is utterly devoid of care. In order to make care indispensable, the concept needs to be taken out of the gendered private. I question how the popularity of ASMR urges us to rethink our social contract on the basis of care ethics. What do concepts like care and protection mean in an age where social neglect has become the norm?
PS. Yes, the title is an ode to George Michael. I will love him forever.
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You know. Those videos of people, usually women, whispering sweet nothings into your ear whilst tapping on an exfoliating brush, going through painstaking efforts to make you feel relaxed. Many of you will probably think it strange or fetishistic — which it is, and also isn't. Hear me out.
The movement promises relief from anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other symptoms that are increasingly becoming more common to those living in late capitalist's risk society. I analyze ASMR as pharmakon (Bernard Stiegler), as being at once a cure and a poison. ASMR plays into the very crisis of care it promises relief from through the uncritical adoption of stereotypical caring roles, which perpetuates devalued feminized care labor, the participation in the highly lucrative (exploitative) self-help industry, which perpetuates the resilient subject (Sarah Bracke), as well as by playing into economy of attention through sh*t like commodity fetishism and IKEA... Dear Lord, IKEA..........
But the ever-growing popularity of ASMR indicates that there is a need for... what, exactly? We are currently living in an age of chronic crisis, in a society that is utterly devoid of care. In order to make care indispensable, the concept needs to be taken out of the gendered private. I question how the popularity of ASMR urges us to rethink our social contract on the basis of care ethics. What do concepts like care and protection mean in an age where social neglect has become the norm?
PS. Yes, the title is an ode to George Michael. I will love him forever.
You know. Those videos of people, usually women, whispering sweet nothings into your ear whilst tapping on an exfoliating brush, going through painstaking efforts to make you feel relaxed. Many of you will probably think it strange or fetishistic — which it is, and also isn't. Hear me out.
The movement promises relief from anxiety, depression, insomnia, and other symptoms that are increasingly becoming more common to those living in late capitalist's risk society. I analyze ASMR as pharmakon (Bernard Stiegler), as being at once a cure and a poison. ASMR plays into the very crisis of care it promises relief from through the uncritical adoption of stereotypical caring roles, which perpetuates devalued feminized care labor, the participation in the highly lucrative (exploitative) self-help industry, which perpetuates the resilient subject (Sarah Bracke), as well as by playing into economy of attention through sh*t like commodity fetishism and IKEA... Dear Lord, IKEA..........
But the ever-growing popularity of ASMR indicates that there is a need for... what, exactly? We are currently living in an age of chronic crisis, in a society that is utterly devoid of care. In order to make care indispensable, the concept needs to be taken out of the gendered private. I question how the popularity of ASMR urges us to rethink our social contract on the basis of care ethics. What do concepts like care and protection mean in an age where social neglect has become the norm?
PS. Yes, the title is an ode to George Michael. I will love him forever.