Publication: Datafication and the Crisis of the Person in Postpolitical Society
Authors
Castleton Flores, Alexander Daniel
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Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones
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https://doi.org/10.6018/reg.717051
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Abstract
El artículo examina cómo el big data —conjuntos extremadamente gran-des y complejos de información digital que son analizados computacionalmente para identificar patrones, comportamientos y relaciones— contribuye al surgimiento de una sociedad pospolítica en la que los individuos son crecientemente transformados en objetos de cuantificación y clasificación algorítmica. A partir de las perspectivas de Hannah Arendt, José Ortega y Gasset, Julián Marías y Roger Scruton, el análisis explora cómo la dataficación reduce a la persona a perfiles de datos fragmentados y predecibles, debilitando las capacidades de acción, pensamiento, juicio y participación democrática. En este contexto, las cuestiones políticas y éticas quedan cre-cientemente subordinadas a formas tecnocráticas de gobierno y toma de decisiones algorítmicas, contribuyendo a una crisis de la persona y de la agencia política. Si bien se reconoce la naturaleza híbrida del ser humano como realidad personal y técnica, el artículo enfatiza la importancia de desarrollar una alfabetización crítica respecto de la dataficación para preservar la dignidad humana, la autonomía y formas significativas de vida colectiva en sociedades crecientemente automatizadas.
The article examines how big data—extremely large and complex sets of dig-ital information that are computationally analyzed to identify patterns, behaviors, and relationships—contributes to the emergence of a postpolitical society in which individ-uals are increasingly transformed into objects of algorithmic quantification and classi-fication. Drawing on the perspectives of Hannah Arendt, José Ortega y Gasset, Julián Marías, and Roger Scruton, the analysis explores how datafication reduces the per-son to fragmented and predictable data profiles, weakening the capacities for action, thought, judgment, and democratic participation. In this context, political and ethical questions increasingly become subordinated to technocratic forms of governance and algorithmic decision-making, contributing to a crisis of personhood and political agen-cy. While acknowledging the hybrid nature of the human being as both personal and technical, the article emphasizes the importance of developing critical literacy regard-ing datafication in order to preserve human dignity, autonomy, and meaningful forms of collective life in increasingly automated societies.
The article examines how big data—extremely large and complex sets of dig-ital information that are computationally analyzed to identify patterns, behaviors, and relationships—contributes to the emergence of a postpolitical society in which individ-uals are increasingly transformed into objects of algorithmic quantification and classi-fication. Drawing on the perspectives of Hannah Arendt, José Ortega y Gasset, Julián Marías, and Roger Scruton, the analysis explores how datafication reduces the per-son to fragmented and predictable data profiles, weakening the capacities for action, thought, judgment, and democratic participation. In this context, political and ethical questions increasingly become subordinated to technocratic forms of governance and algorithmic decision-making, contributing to a crisis of personhood and political agen-cy. While acknowledging the hybrid nature of the human being as both personal and technical, the article emphasizes the importance of developing critical literacy regard-ing datafication in order to preserve human dignity, autonomy, and meaningful forms of collective life in increasingly automated societies.
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Citation
REG: Revista de Estudios Globales. Análisis Histórico y Cambio Social, V. 5, N. 10, (2026), pp. 13-30
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