I Manokha
Biographic Data
| ID | 45562 |
|---|---|
| NAME | I Manokha |
| GIVEN NAMES | I |
| FAMILY NAME | Manokha |
| SIGNATURE | MANOKHA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7675-3613 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Towards a Recognition of Dialogic Intervention in International Social Science Research
This article argues that the marginalisation of published interviews and dialogic scholarship within the international social sciences is not the outcome of any considered epistemic judgement but a structural effect of neoliberal academic governance. Drawing on Foucault’s concept of ‘governmentality’ and Bourdieu’s ‘field theory’, we show that the dominance of the linear, monologic IMRaD research article is historically contingent: it emerged wit…
Regime Legitimation through Revenge: Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Gdpr as an Instance of Neoliberal Governmentality: A Critical Analysis of the Current ‘Gold Standard’ of Data Protection
The gdpr today is commonly seen as a ‘gold standard’ of personal data regulation. While recognizing the importance of the gdpr , especially in affirming that personal data belongs to the individuals rather than commercial or public entities, this paper seeks to demonstrate that such a view is, nevertheless, problematic: first, what the gdpr , along with similar regulations inspired by it elsewhere, effectively does is help organise the functionin…
Covid-19: Teleworking, Surveillance and 24/7 Work. Some Reflexions on the Expected Growth of Remote Work After the Pandemic
The lockdowns imposed by most governments during the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in an unprecedented increase in teleworking. This spike in remote work has generally been greeted with enthusiasm by both academic and non-academic commentators and there is now a widely shared view that employers should be encouraged to retain and enhance the teleworking arrangements in the post-pandemic period. This paper examines the spread and normalization o…
The Implications of Digital Employee Monitoring and People Analytics for Power Relations in the Workplace
Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon prison project was based on three central assumptions: the omnipresence of the “watcher”; the universal visibility of objects of surveillance; and the assumption, by the “watched,” that they are under constant observation. While the metaphor of the panopticon, following Michel Foucault’s work, was often applied to workplace and workplace surveillance to highlight the “disciplining” power of the supervisor’s “gaze,” thi…
New Means of Workplace Surveillance
Workplace surveillance and the invasion of employee privacy have always been present under capitalism. Historically, this has mostly involved the combination of visual observation and abstract time, focusing on employee performance. However, the development of new information and communication technologies has brought important changes to the manner in which employers control employee productivity. Such digitalization or datafication of employees…
Surveillance: The DNA of Platform Capital—The Case of Cambridge Analytica Put into Perspective
This paper places the case of Cambridge Analytica's theft of data from Facebook user profiles into a larger context of the growing importance of surveillance in modern-day capitalism. It argues that in the current phase of capitalism, data, particularly user data, is becoming a 'fictitious commodity' that is used by various commercial entities as the key 'raw material'. The operation of such entities, which is effectively based on continuous priv…
Surveillance, Panopticism, and Self-Discipline in the Digital Age
The objective of this paper is to revisit the metaphor of the Panopticon, borrowed by Michel Foucault from Jeremy Bentham to describe the development of disciplinary institutions in Western societies from the early nineteenth century, and to examine its relevance for the analysis of modern electronic means of surveillance. Widely used in the early stages of the study of new surveillance technologies, the metaphor of the Panopticon, particularly i…
Le scandale Cambridge Analytica contextualisé: Le Capital De Plateforme, La Surveillance Et Les Données Comme Nouvelle « Marchandise Fictive
L'objectif du présent article est de situer le scandale récent autour de la société Cambridge Analytica dans le contexte plus large de l'importance de la surveillance dans la phase actuelle de développement du capitalisme. La thèse développée ici est que le capitalisme d'aujourd'hui se caractérise par deux évolutions significatives : d'une part, l'importance croissante d'une nouvelle « marchandise fictive » - les données -, en plus du travail, de…
The Conundrum of Economics: Uncompromising Empiricism alongside Blind Faith in the "Magic" of the "Invisible Hand
L’objet de cet article est de rendre compte d’un paradoxe manifeste qui a, ces dernières années, caractérisé le champs des études économiques, en particulier celui des études macroéconomiques : d’un côté, l’accent très fort mis sur l’observation et l’expérimentation empiriques d’hypothèses portant sur les fondements de la méthode scientifique et les critères de validation du savoir ; de l’autre, l’utilisation prépondérante de la notion d’Adam Smi…
Foucault's Concept of Power and the Global Discourse of Human Rights
This article carries out a Foucauldian analysis of the global discourse of human rights. In the spirit of Foucault's genealogy it identifies a historical discontinuity in the development of human rights between the Cold War period, when human rights were a heavily contested concept, and the late modern world in which human rights are becoming a form of global standard whose validity is less and less questioned. Using Foucault's understanding of t…
Al-Qaeda terrorism and global poverty: New social banditry
This article examines the relationship between global poverty and terrorism. The approach is built around a concept of ‘social bandit’ developed by Eric Hobsbawm. By social bandits, Hobsbawm refers to those outlaws in pre-capitalist societies who robbed the rich, and gave (at least some of their loot) to the poor. What was common to social bandits is a myth that surrounded their activity, and a strong popular sympathy and support. This article us…
Business ethics and the spirit of global capitalism: Moral leadership in the context of global Hegemony1
This article carries out a critical analysis of the discourse/practice of Business Ethics that has developed to an unprecedented extent in the last decade or so. It argues that in the late-modern global political economy (GPE) there develops a form of a Gramscian hegemony of transnational capital and the discourse/practice of Business Ethics can be seen as a form of moral leadership in the context of the emerging hegemonic order
Surveillance, Panopticism, and Self-Discipline in the Digital Age
The objective of this paper is to revisit the metaphor of the Panopticon, borrowed by Michel Foucault from Jeremy Bentham to describe the development of disciplinary institutions in Western societies from the early nineteenth century, and to examine its relevance for the analysis of modern electronic means of surveillance. Widely used in the early stages of the study of new surveillance technologies, the metaphor of the Panopticon, particularly i…
Foucault's Concept of Power and the Global Discourse of Human Rights
This article carries out a Foucauldian analysis of the global discourse of human rights. In the spirit of Foucault's genealogy it identifies a historical discontinuity in the development of human rights between the Cold War period, when human rights were a heavily contested concept, and the late modern world in which human rights are becoming a form of global standard whose validity is less and less questioned. Using Foucault's understanding of t…
The Implications of Digital Employee Monitoring and People Analytics for Power Relations in the Workplace
Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon prison project was based on three central assumptions: the omnipresence of the “watcher”; the universal visibility of objects of surveillance; and the assumption, by the “watched,” that they are under constant observation. While the metaphor of the panopticon, following Michel Foucault’s work, was often applied to workplace and workplace surveillance to highlight the “disciplining” power of the supervisor’s “gaze,” thi…
New Means of Workplace Surveillance
Workplace surveillance and the invasion of employee privacy have always been present under capitalism. Historically, this has mostly involved the combination of visual observation and abstract time, focusing on employee performance. However, the development of new information and communication technologies has brought important changes to the manner in which employers control employee productivity. Such digitalization or datafication of employees…
Le scandale Cambridge Analytica contextualisé: Le Capital De Plateforme, La Surveillance Et Les Données Comme Nouvelle « Marchandise Fictive
L'objectif du présent article est de situer le scandale récent autour de la société Cambridge Analytica dans le contexte plus large de l'importance de la surveillance dans la phase actuelle de développement du capitalisme. La thèse développée ici est que le capitalisme d'aujourd'hui se caractérise par deux évolutions significatives : d'une part, l'importance croissante d'une nouvelle « marchandise fictive » - les données -, en plus du travail, de…
The Conundrum of Economics: Uncompromising Empiricism alongside Blind Faith in the "Magic" of the "Invisible Hand
L’objet de cet article est de rendre compte d’un paradoxe manifeste qui a, ces dernières années, caractérisé le champs des études économiques, en particulier celui des études macroéconomiques : d’un côté, l’accent très fort mis sur l’observation et l’expérimentation empiriques d’hypothèses portant sur les fondements de la méthode scientifique et les critères de validation du savoir ; de l’autre, l’utilisation prépondérante de la notion d’Adam Smi…
Al-Qaeda terrorism and global poverty: New social banditry
This article examines the relationship between global poverty and terrorism. The approach is built around a concept of ‘social bandit’ developed by Eric Hobsbawm. By social bandits, Hobsbawm refers to those outlaws in pre-capitalist societies who robbed the rich, and gave (at least some of their loot) to the poor. What was common to social bandits is a myth that surrounded their activity, and a strong popular sympathy and support. This article us…
Business ethics and the spirit of global capitalism: Moral leadership in the context of global Hegemony1
This article carries out a critical analysis of the discourse/practice of Business Ethics that has developed to an unprecedented extent in the last decade or so. It argues that in the late-modern global political economy (GPE) there develops a form of a Gramscian hegemony of transnational capital and the discourse/practice of Business Ethics can be seen as a form of moral leadership in the context of the emerging hegemonic order
Business ethics and the spirit of global capitalism: Moral leadership in the context of global Hegemony1
This article carries out a critical analysis of the discourse/practice of Business Ethics that has developed to an unprecedented extent in the last decade or so. It argues that in the late-modern global political economy (GPE) there develops a form of a Gramscian hegemony of transnational capital and the discourse/practice of Business Ethics can be seen as a form of moral leadership in the context of the emerging hegemonic order
Al-Qaeda terrorism and global poverty: New social banditry
This article examines the relationship between global poverty and terrorism. The approach is built around a concept of ‘social bandit’ developed by Eric Hobsbawm. By social bandits, Hobsbawm refers to those outlaws in pre-capitalist societies who robbed the rich, and gave (at least some of their loot) to the poor. What was common to social bandits is a myth that surrounded their activity, and a strong popular sympathy and support. This article us…
Foucault's Concept of Power and the Global Discourse of Human Rights
This article carries out a Foucauldian analysis of the global discourse of human rights. In the spirit of Foucault's genealogy it identifies a historical discontinuity in the development of human rights between the Cold War period, when human rights were a heavily contested concept, and the late modern world in which human rights are becoming a form of global standard whose validity is less and less questioned. Using Foucault's understanding of t…
The Conundrum of Economics: Uncompromising Empiricism alongside Blind Faith in the "Magic" of the "Invisible Hand
L’objet de cet article est de rendre compte d’un paradoxe manifeste qui a, ces dernières années, caractérisé le champs des études économiques, en particulier celui des études macroéconomiques : d’un côté, l’accent très fort mis sur l’observation et l’expérimentation empiriques d’hypothèses portant sur les fondements de la méthode scientifique et les critères de validation du savoir ; de l’autre, l’utilisation prépondérante de la notion d’Adam Smi…
Surveillance: The DNA of Platform Capital—The Case of Cambridge Analytica Put into Perspective
This paper places the case of Cambridge Analytica's theft of data from Facebook user profiles into a larger context of the growing importance of surveillance in modern-day capitalism. It argues that in the current phase of capitalism, data, particularly user data, is becoming a 'fictitious commodity' that is used by various commercial entities as the key 'raw material'. The operation of such entities, which is effectively based on continuous priv…
Surveillance, Panopticism, and Self-Discipline in the Digital Age
The objective of this paper is to revisit the metaphor of the Panopticon, borrowed by Michel Foucault from Jeremy Bentham to describe the development of disciplinary institutions in Western societies from the early nineteenth century, and to examine its relevance for the analysis of modern electronic means of surveillance. Widely used in the early stages of the study of new surveillance technologies, the metaphor of the Panopticon, particularly i…
Le scandale Cambridge Analytica contextualisé: Le Capital De Plateforme, La Surveillance Et Les Données Comme Nouvelle « Marchandise Fictive
L'objectif du présent article est de situer le scandale récent autour de la société Cambridge Analytica dans le contexte plus large de l'importance de la surveillance dans la phase actuelle de développement du capitalisme. La thèse développée ici est que le capitalisme d'aujourd'hui se caractérise par deux évolutions significatives : d'une part, l'importance croissante d'une nouvelle « marchandise fictive » - les données -, en plus du travail, de…
New Means of Workplace Surveillance
Workplace surveillance and the invasion of employee privacy have always been present under capitalism. Historically, this has mostly involved the combination of visual observation and abstract time, focusing on employee performance. However, the development of new information and communication technologies has brought important changes to the manner in which employers control employee productivity. Such digitalization or datafication of employees…
Covid-19: Teleworking, Surveillance and 24/7 Work. Some Reflexions on the Expected Growth of Remote Work After the Pandemic
The lockdowns imposed by most governments during the Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in an unprecedented increase in teleworking. This spike in remote work has generally been greeted with enthusiasm by both academic and non-academic commentators and there is now a widely shared view that employers should be encouraged to retain and enhance the teleworking arrangements in the post-pandemic period. This paper examines the spread and normalization o…
The Implications of Digital Employee Monitoring and People Analytics for Power Relations in the Workplace
Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon prison project was based on three central assumptions: the omnipresence of the “watcher”; the universal visibility of objects of surveillance; and the assumption, by the “watched,” that they are under constant observation. While the metaphor of the panopticon, following Michel Foucault’s work, was often applied to workplace and workplace surveillance to highlight the “disciplining” power of the supervisor’s “gaze,” thi…
Gdpr as an Instance of Neoliberal Governmentality: A Critical Analysis of the Current ‘Gold Standard’ of Data Protection
The gdpr today is commonly seen as a ‘gold standard’ of personal data regulation. While recognizing the importance of the gdpr , especially in affirming that personal data belongs to the individuals rather than commercial or public entities, this paper seeks to demonstrate that such a view is, nevertheless, problematic: first, what the gdpr , along with similar regulations inspired by it elsewhere, effectively does is help organise the functionin…
Regime Legitimation through Revenge: Russia’s Foreign Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean
Towards a Recognition of Dialogic Intervention in International Social Science Research
This article argues that the marginalisation of published interviews and dialogic scholarship within the international social sciences is not the outcome of any considered epistemic judgement but a structural effect of neoliberal academic governance. Drawing on Foucault’s concept of ‘governmentality’ and Bourdieu’s ‘field theory’, we show that the dominance of the linear, monologic IMRaD research article is historically contingent: it emerged wit…
Sociology (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Digital Economy and Work Transformation (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Public relations (4 works)