Computer tracking, an 'electronic collar': Gilles Deleuze's 1990 postscript on the societies of control

Computer tracking, an 'electronic collar': Gilles Deleuze's 1990 postscript on the societies of control

Gilles Deleuze was one of the most original and imaginative thinkers of postwar France. A lifelong teacher, he spent most of his career at the University of Paris VIII, influencing generations of students but largely shunning the mantle of public intellectual.

Before the advent of the smartphone, Deleuze foresaw 'the electronic collar'

Computers tracking us, an ‘electronic collar’: Gilles Deleuze’s 1990 Postcript on the Societies of Control was eerily prescient

COMPUTERS TRACKING US, AN ‘ELECTRONIC COLLAR’: GILLES DELEUZE’S 1990 POSTCRIPT ON THE SOCIETIES OF CONTROL WAS EERILY PRESCIENT

Wed 18 June 2025: Gilles Deleuze was one of the most original and imaginative thinkers of postwar France. A lifelong teacher, he spent most of his career at the University of Paris VIII, influencing generations of students but largely shunning the mantle of public intellectual. His complex, creative books mix philosophy, literature, film and politics – not to give clear […]