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On Justice between Absence and Presence: the 'ghost ships' of Graythorp
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hillier, J. D. |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | machines are devices of power (such as State apparatus in general, including Ministries, High Courts, local authorities etc) which define the patterns and thresholds of change of a complex system. Abstract machines are virtual multiplicities which do not exist independently of the assemblages in which they are expressed. They play a 'piloting role' and as such are vital to the operation of that assemblage (Deleuze and Guattari, 1987: 142), such as by enforcing regulations, issuing permits and licences. A social machine is an arrangement of machines understood at a particular level of complexity. Social machines 'take charge' of production (making connections and extracting value) and institute their own regimes of semiotic coding which govern which connections and disjunctions are permissible (Brown and Lunt, 2002). The |
| Starting Page | 155 |
| Ending Page | 192 |
| Page Count | 38 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781315242255-17 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://community.dur.ac.uk/j.m.painter/JNC/Jean_Hillier_Ghostships.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315242255-17 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
