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Jean-Sébastien Guy
Researcher at Dalhousie University
Publications - 20
Citations - 106
Jean-Sébastien Guy is an academic researcher from Dalhousie University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Globalization & Metric (mathematics). The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 18 publications receiving 77 citations.
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Digital technology, digital culture and the metric/nonmetric distinction
TL;DR: Digital culture is analysed as a nonmetric form specifically and criticized for leaving aside other social forms, most notably metric forms such as the flows of information connected with the operations of algorithms for instance.
What is global and what is local? A theoretical discussion around globalization
TL;DR: Guy et al. as mentioned in this paper developed a new sociological understanding of the difference between global and local relating to the phenomena of globalization, and reinterpreted the ideas of Roland Robertson about globalization to provide support to this new understanding.
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‘Niklas Luhmann before Relational Sociology: The Cybernetics Roots of Systems Theory’: Niklas Luhmann before relational sociology
TL;DR: In this paper, the re-emergence of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory has been discussed in a special context: in recent years, we have observed the rise of relational sociology and within this paradigm, we can witness the re•emergiveness of Luhman's system theory.
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Beyond global modernity, global consciousness and global governmentality: The symmetrical anthropology of globalization
TL;DR: The symmetrical anthropology of globalization is proposed in this paper, where the authors combine the research strategies developed by Bruno Latour and Niklas Luhmann to problematize how we interpret the world when discussing globalization.
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Bourdieu in hyperspace: from social topology to the space of flows
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on Bourdieu's topological conception of social space to expand on it and develop an alternative model, which is based on the topology of social spaces.