This Obscure Thing Called Transparency

Regular price €61.50
Quantity:
In stock with our UK publisher. 14-28 days
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
14 days return policy Shipping & Delivery
Age Group_Uncategorized
Age Group_Uncategorized
art
automatic-update
B01=Emmanuel Alloa
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=HPN
Category=HPS
Category=QDTN
Category=QDTS
COP=Belgium
Delivery_Delivery within 10-20 working days
democracy
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
government finance
government transparency
Language_English
mediation
metaphors
PA=Available
politics
Price_€50 to €100
PS=Active
softlaunch
surveillance
technology
technology and media
transparency

Product details

  • ISBN 9789462703254
  • Weight: 545g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Feb 2022
  • Publisher: Leuven University Press
  • Publication City/Country: BE
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
Secure checkout Fast Shipping Easy returns

The paradoxical logic of transparency and mediation

Transparency is the metaphor of our time. Whether in government or corporate governance, finance, technology, health or the media – it is ubiquitous today, and there is hardly a current debate that does not call for more transparency. But what does this word actually stand for and what are the consequences for the life of individuals? Can knowledge from the arts, and its play of visibility and invisibility, tell us something about the paradoxical logics of transparency and mediation? This Obscure Thing Called Transparency gathers contributions by international experts who critically assess the promises and perils of transparency today.

Contributors: Emmanuel Alloa (University of Fribourg), Loup Cellard (Melbourne Law School), Riccardo Donati (Università di Salerno), Mark Fenster (University of Florida), Sara Guindani (Université Paris 7), David Heald (University of Glasgow), Vlad Ionescu (UHasselt/PXL MAD), Dorota Mokrosinska (Leiden University), Herman Parret (KU Leuven), John Pitseys (UCLouvain), Natacha Pfeiffer (Université Saint-Louis), Philippe Van Parijs (UCLouvain), Bart Verschaffel (Ghent University), Patrick Vandermeersch (KU Leuven), Christophe Van Gerrewey (EPFL).

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Emmanuel Alloa is professor of aesthetics and philosophy of art at the Philosophy Department of the University of Fribourg.