Eric Deibel is a Lecturer of Science, Technology and Society at the engineering faculty of Bilkent University, Turkey, and is Assistant Professor at the political science faculty. He is a co-author of Recoding Life: Information and the Biopolitical.

• IntroductionRousseau’s tragic conception of freedomFreedom and method Outline Chapter 1. The Future of FreedomThe freedom-machineBits, genes, and (freedom-)machinesLinux as iconic for altruismSelfishnessChapter 2. Science and SocietyCritique of progressHobbes and social constructivismRousseau, social constructivism and its extension to the social contractKnowing nature Rousseau as an immodest witness on educationNature, science and colonialismConclusionChapter 3. Social Contracting and FreedomIntroductionThe method and the contract Social contracting, in between Rousseau and STSLet’s not be modern / or the legacy of the general willEquality and governingPacts and propertiesMethod and truth Our own attempt at EnlightenmentFreedom machines and beyondFreedom and securityFreedom and the natural worldConclusion

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Eric Deibel is a Lecturer of Science, Technology and Society at the engineering faculty of Bilkent University, Turkey, and is Assistant Professor at the political science faculty. He is a co-author of Recoding Life: Information and the Biopolitical.

• IntroductionRousseau’s tragic conception of freedomFreedom and method Outline Chapter 1. The Future of FreedomThe freedom-machineBits, genes, and (freedom-)machinesLinux as iconic for altruismSelfishnessChapter 2. Science and SocietyCritique of progressHobbes and social constructivismRousseau, social constructivism and its extension to the social contractKnowing nature Rousseau as an immodest witness on educationNature, science and colonialismConclusionChapter 3. Social Contracting and FreedomIntroductionThe method and the contract Social contracting, in between Rousseau and STSLet’s not be modern / or the legacy of the general willEquality and governingPacts and propertiesMethod and truth Our own attempt at EnlightenmentFreedom machines and beyondFreedom and securityFreedom and the natural worldConclusion

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Eric Deibel is a Lecturer of Science, Technology and Society at the engineering faculty of Bilkent University, Turkey, and is Assistant Professor at the political science faculty. He is a co-author of Recoding Life: Information and the Biopolitical.

• IntroductionRousseau’s tragic conception of freedomFreedom and method Outline Chapter 1. The Future of FreedomThe freedom-machineBits, genes, and (freedom-)machinesLinux as iconic for altruismSelfishnessChapter 2. Science and SocietyCritique of progressHobbes and social constructivismRousseau, social constructivism and its extension to the social contractKnowing nature Rousseau as an immodest witness on educationNature, science and colonialismConclusionChapter 3. Social Contracting and FreedomIntroductionThe method and the contract Social contracting, in between Rousseau and STSLet’s not be modern / or the legacy of the general willEquality and governingPacts and propertiesMethod and truth Our own attempt at EnlightenmentFreedom machines and beyondFreedom and securityFreedom and the natural worldConclusion

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