SSRScientific and Social Research2661-43322981-9946Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/ssr.v8i9.15783ArticleThe Governance Logic of Digital Capitalism and Biopolitical Critiquehttps://artdesignp.com/journal/SSR/8/9/10.26689/ssr.v8i9.15783XiaomeiMa2026892026-10-21The governance logic of digital capitalism reconstructs human social identities and social relations with the digital-human as the governance subject, and forms digital computational governance modes as well as spatio-temporal situational fields by means of digital technologies. This logic incorporates life activities into a computable, predictable, and controllable governance framework, giving rise to practical dilemmas of subject alienation and social disorder, which constitute the core proposition of biopolitical critique.Digital capitalism, Digital society, Digital governance, Biopolitics

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