Journal article

Tyrannical transparency

Pages 47 to 54

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  • Alloa, E.
  • and Citton, Y.
(2018). Tyrannical Transparency. Multitudes, No 73(4), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.073.0047.

  • Alloa, Emmanuel.
  • et al.
« Tyrannical transparency ». Multitudes, 2018/4 No 73, 2018. p.47-54. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2018-4-page-47?lang=en.

  • ALLOA, Emmanuel
  • and CITTON, Yves,
2018. Tyrannical transparency. Multitudes, 2018/4 No 73, p.47-54. DOI : 10.3917/mult.073.0047. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2018-4-page-47?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.073.0047


English

The ideal of transparency imposes itself as obvious. Any form of opacity looks suspicious: it must hide corruption, nepotism or misdeeds. We attempt to take some distance from this categorical imperative of universal transparence, by shedding light on a number of its costs, dangers and collateral damages.

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