Automating Power
Cybernetics and Sovereignty in Cold War North Korea
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4020734 |
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| Authors | Benoit Berthelier (0000-0003-1348-4086, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1247-1277 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Technology and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-165X • E-ISSN: 1097-3729 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tech.2024.a940468 |
| PMID | 39465286 |
| OpenAlex | W4403772754 |
| Language | EN |
This study challenges the conventional Cold War narrative that portrays cybernetics as inherently opposed to communist authoritarianism and the perception of cybernetic control as a mechanism of liberal governmentality. It analyzes the introduction of cybernetics into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) during the Cold War. Previous studies about cybernetics in the socialist world have described how the discipline's emphasis on objectivity and decentralization clashed with orthodox political economists and Stalinist science and led to liberal reforms. Yet in the DPRK, the introduction of cybernetics was followed by an increase in authoritarianism
Cold war · Cybernetics · Physics · Political science · Power (physics) · Sovereignty · Thermodynamics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Engineering · History of Computing Technologies · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense
| Highly cited | No |
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