Techno-nationalism and digital nationalism in the fourth industrial revolution

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/tekn.80449
Keywords: fourth industrial revolution, Internet, politics, information technologies

Abstract

The nationalist phenomenon has played an important role in contemporary history. We are currently entering the fourth industrial revolution, a process of social and political change driven by artificial intelligence, 5G connectivity and other cutting-edge technologies. This paper explores the manifestation of nationalism in the fourth industrial revolution, in particular the concepts of techno-nationalism and digital nationalism, their relationship and their differences. Subsequently, the article explains how digital media affect the rise of techno-nationalism and offers a broader definition of the concept, including the ideas of digital territory, digital culture and digital identity. The article concludes that techno-nationalism is a complex manifestation of nationalism that includes not only a country’s quest for technological sovereignty, but also has an ideological component strongly linked to the political use of cutting-edge technologies.

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Piero Gayozzo, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos / Sociedad Secular Humanista del Perú

General Coordinator of Peruvian Secular Humanist Society (Sociedad Secular Humanista del Perú - SSH). Founder and Sub-Director of Institute of Extrapolitics and Transhumanism, a research group of SSH. Member of Peruvian Association of Journalists and Science Communicators (Asociación Peruana de Periodistas y Comunicadores de la Ciencia APCIENCIA). Founder and Chief Editor of Future Now (Futuro Hoy) Journal. Contributor of the scientific news and popular science magazine N + 1. Manager of the SSH’s Fourth Industrial Revolution Forum Project in Peru. Peruvian science and philosophy communicator with industrial engineering studies at University of Lima. He has wrote many philosophical essays. 

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Published
2022-05-09
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Gayozzo P. (2022). Techno-nationalism and digital nationalism in the fourth industrial revolution. Teknokultura. Journal of Digital Culture and Social Movements, 19(2), 213-220. https://doi.org/10.5209/tekn.80449
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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2022): Digital Education in the Time of COVID-19
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