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Proxies as Ideology: The Hidden Social Violence of Delegation

1 points| LewisMumford | 3 years ago |bluelabyrinths.com

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LewisMumford|3 years ago

"Dylan Mulvin’s ‘Proxies: The Cultural Work of Standing In’ invites the reader to consider the ways in which representation through proxies, often viewed as an arbitrary scientific or technical process of prima facie neutrality, may provide empirical examples of the influence of ideology, best demonstrated when the purpose or meaning behind a proxy becomes obsolete or problematic as priorities and attitudes change over time."