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Immunization, sensibility, and the ressentiments of finance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

Ute Tellmann*
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Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
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Corresponding author: Ute Tellmann, Institute ofSociology, Technical University of Darmstadt, Dolivostraße 15, 64293Darmstadt, Germany. Email:tellmann@ifs.tu-darmstadt.de.
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Vogl describes how digital economies and current financialization have a commongenealogy that hinges on protocol and information. How should we understand theanatomy of power that governs this contemporary configuration? As argued in thisreview, the notion of ‘immunity’ can help illuminate thetechniques of power at work in digital economies, social media, and finance.

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