Power, politics and entanglement

Abstract

This paper discusses the relationships between entanglement􀁄􀁑􀁇􀀃 􀁓􀁒􀁚􀁈􀁕􀀑􀀃 􀀨􀁑􀁗􀁄􀁑􀁊􀁏􀁈􀁐􀁈􀁑􀁗􀀃 􀁌􀁖􀀃 􀁇􀁈􀂿􀁑􀁈􀁇􀀃 􀁌􀁑􀀃 􀁗􀁈􀁕􀁐􀁖􀀃 􀁒􀁉􀀃 􀁗􀁋􀁈􀀃dependencies between humans and things. Power is oftendiscussed in terms of power over others, that is in termsof human-human, rather than human-thing, relations. Thispaper argues that human-thing entrapment can be used andmanipulated by elites but that non-elites find themselvescaught in a double bind, both entrapped in human-humanpower relations, and entrapped in the daily practices ofhuman-thing relations.