Viral times, paranoid masculinities : AI, nerds, and technological contamination

Markelj, Jernej (avtor)

In this article I develop the concept of paranoid masculinities, which seeks to provide a theoretical lens for analyzing defensive push-back of hegemonic male identities against what they regard as the undermining forces of emasculation. Building on the work of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, this concept offers a historically situated account of masculine identity, which is conceptualized as dynamic, relational, and based on affectivity. The historical context that the concept seeks to account for is here characterized as the age of universal contagion, which is defined by escalating rhythms of capitalist economy intensifying circulation and contact of people and commodities. The concept of paranoid masculinities is developed through examining the transition from human-operated cars to AI-powered vehicles, which are perceived as contaminating hegemonic masculinity, and thus paranoidly resisted.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: AI, capitalism, Deleuze and Guattari, hegemonic masculinities, paranoid masculinities, nerds, paranoia, virality
• Tipologija: 1.02 - Pregledni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 01.03.2024
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 100-122
• Številčenje: Vol. 5, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-177637
• UDK: 316:004.8
• ISSN pri članku: 2688-8157
• DOI: 10.3167/jbsm.2024.050107
• COBISS.SI-ID: 230181123
• Datum objave v RUL: 30.12.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Journal of bodies, sexualities, and masculinities
• Skrajšan naslov: J. bodies sex. masculinities
• Založnik: Berghahn Journals
• ISSN: 2688-8157
• COBISS.SI-ID: 175554051

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: umetna inteligenca, tehnologija, kapitalizem, hegemonija, moškosti, paranoja, viralnost

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P6-0400
• Naslov: Družbena pogodba v 21. stoletju