Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: The Discourse of Transparency
‘Beginning with the things it produced’
The Discourse of Transparency
Transparency in Scholarship
Book Outline
Approach: The Order of Discourse
Summary
Further Reading
PART I: THE DISCOURSE OF TRANSPARENCY
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Transparency’s Entry in Discourse
Abstract
Introduction
Archaeology
Transparency, the Enlightenment and Human Rights
Designing Transparency
Transparency as Metaphor
Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 2: Access to Information Delimited
Abstract
Introduction
Epistemic Violence of Transparency
Law and Exclusion
Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 3: Transparency Universal
Abstract
Introduction
Transparency and Inclusivity
Proselytising Transparency
Summary
Further Reading
PART II: TOWARD THE POST-TRANSPARENT
Chapter 4: The Fallacies of Transparency: Fake News, Artificial Intelligence and the Hyperinformation Society
Abstract
Introduction
Fake News: Baudrillard and the Hyperinformation Society
The Illusion of Transparency
Summary
Further Reading
Chapter 5: Producing the Transparent Subject: The Gaze Turns Inward
Introduction
Foucault and Subjectivity
The Transparent Subject
Self-Disclosure
Legislating for the Transparent Subject
Whistleblowing Laws
Depoliticising Effects
Summary Further Reading
PART III: RESISTANCE
Chapter 6: Resisting Transparency
Abstract
Introduction
Foucault, Power and Resistance
Resistance to Transparency
Summary
Further Reading
Conclusion
Biography
Rachel Adams is a Senior Research Specialist at the Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, and a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Information Law and Policy Centre, at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.
