ÇİN'İN SOSYAL KREDİ SİSTEMİ’NİN ANALİZİ

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 1, 99 - 122, 27.06.2025

Fatih Beyaz

https://doi.org/10.58640/asyar.1526805

Abstract

Bu makale, Çin'in Sosyal Kredi Sisteminin inceliklerini ele almakta ve onu tarihsel uygulamalara dayanan, modern teknolojiyle geliştirilmiş karmaşık bir sosyal kontrol modeli olarak konumlandırmaktadır. Çalışma, Sosyal Kredi Sistemi'nin operasyonel mekanizmalarını, etkilerini ve biyopolitik sonuçlarını araştırmakta, bir yönetim aracı olarak nasıl işlediğini ve bireysel özerklik ve sosyal ilişkiler üzerindeki daha geniş etkisini ele almaktadır. Araştırmanın merkezinde, Sosyal Kredi Sistemi'nin, davranışları düzenlemek ve devlet düzenlemelerine uyumu sağlamak için gözetim ve psikopolitik tekniklerden yararlanan gelişmiş bir biyopolitik kontrol biçimini temsil ettiği hipotezi yer almaktadır. Araştırmanın özgünlüğü, Michel Foucault'nun kuramlaştırdığı biyopolitikanın ve Byung-Chul Han'ın dile getirdiği psikopolitikanın mercekleri aracılığıyla Sosyal Kredi Sistemi'nin kapsamlı analizinde yatmaktadır. Sosyal Kredi Sistemi'nin tarihsel gelişiminin izini süren ve mevcut uygulamalarını inceleyen çalışma, dijital gözetim ve veriye dayalı yönetişimin sosyal normları ve bireysel davranışları nasıl etkilediğine dair incelikli bir anlayış sağlamaktadır. Araştırma, Sosyal Kredi Sistemi'nin operasyonel mekanizmalarının, çeşitli sosyal aktörler üzerindeki etkisinin ve sunduğu etik ikilemlerin ayrıntılı bir incelemesini sunarak mevcut literatüre katkıda bulunmaktadır. Teorik çerçeveler ile gözetleme teknolojilerinin pratik uygulamaları arasında köprü kurarak küresel yönetişim ve sosyal kontrol için daha geniş kapsamlı sonuçlara dair içgörüler sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Biyopolitika , Psikopolitika , Gözetim , Kontrol , Çin

ANALYSIS OF CHINA'S SOCIAL CREDIT SYSTEM

Abstract

This article explores the intricacies of China's Social Credit System and describes its a complex system based on historical practices, enhanced by modern technology as a model of social control. The study argues that the Social Credit System operational mechanisms, effects and biopolitical implications, how it functions as a tool of governance, and how individual autonomy and social broader impact on relationships. This research at its core, the Social Credit System is designed to regulate behavior and surveillance and psychopolitical techniques to ensure compliance with regulations hypothesis that it represents an advanced form of biopolitical control that utilizes is taken. The originality of the research is based on Michel Foucault's theorization the lenses of biopolitics and psychopolitics as articulated by Byung-Chul Han through a comprehensive analysis of the Social Credit System. Social Tracing the historical development of the Credit System and its current applications the study examines the social norms of digital surveillance and data-driven governance. and provides a nuanced understanding of how it affects individual behavior. The research shows that the operational mechanisms of the Social Credit System of its impact on social actors and the ethical dilemmas it presents. contributes to the existing literature by presenting its review. Theoretical frameworks and the practical applications of surveillance technologies. on broader implications for global governance and social control offers insights.

Keywords

Biopolitics , Psychopolitics , Surveillance , Control , China

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