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Im Namen des Staates. Der elektronische Personalausweis und die Medien der Regierungskunst

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In modern societies, transactions are highly significant events of transmission, connected to praxis of authentification and authorization. In order to carry out transactions, the instances of transaction have to be provided with especially authorized signs, the issuing of which has been monopolized by the State. The electronic ID-card produced by the Federal Printing Office can be considered as an attempt to create corresponding regimes of signification for the digital sphere. This institution thus occupies an important position for governing in and with the Internet; hence, its examination can point out essential aspects of digital.

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Engemann, Christoph: Im Namen des Staates. Der elektronische Personalausweis und die Medien der Regierungskunst. In: ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung, Jg. 2 (2011), Nr. 2, S. 211-228. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18474.
@ARTICLE{Engemann2011,
 author = {Engemann, Christoph},
 title = {Im Namen des Staates. Der elektronische Personalausweis und die Medien der Regierungskunst},
 year = 2011,
 doi = "\url{http://dx.doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18474}",
 volume = 2,
 address = {Hamburg},
 journal = {ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung},
 number = 2,
 pages = {211--228},
}
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