November 20, 2023

From Free Internet to Techno-Authoritarian Drift

My interview (in French) with judge Judith Allenbach of the journal Délibérée has just been published. It provides an analysis of the the Internet’s trajectory, from initial emancipation promises to contemporary techno-authoritarian drift. Abstract This interview traces my own journey from the Internet’s early utopias to contemporary forms of control and surveillance characterizing cyberspace. By articulating historical analysis and …

October 15, 2023

New Edition: Counter-History of the Internet

I’m really glad to announced a revised and updated French edition of Counter-History of the Internet: From the 15th Century to Today, published by Agone, an independent publisher based in Marseille.1 The book is adapted from my PhD in Political Studies at EHESS and offers a foucaldian reinterpretation of Jürgen Habermas’ history of the public sphere. Publisher’s presentation “The state control of public sphere — …