Politicizing digital space : theory, the internet, and renewing democracy /

Politicizing digital space : theory, the internet, and renewing democracy /

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Author / Creator:	Smith, Trevor Garrison.
Imprint:	London : University of Westminster Press, 2017.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 147 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	CDSMS (Critical digital and social media studies) CDSMS (Series)
Subject:	Internet in political campaigns. Information technology -- Political aspects. Information society. Digital media -- Political aspects. Political participation -- Computer network resources. Information society -- Political aspects. Political participation. Digital media -- Political aspects. Information society. Information technology -- Political aspects. Internet in political campaigns. Political participation -- Computer network resources. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11689925

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ISBN:	9781911534419 1911534416 1911534408 9781911534402 9781911534402 1911534408 9781911534426 1911534424 9781911534433 1911534432
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"The objective of this book is to outline how a radically democratic politics can be reinvigorated in theory and practice through the use of the internet. The author argues that politics in its proper sense can be distinguished from anti-politics by analyzing the configuration of public space, subjectivity, participation, and conflict. Each of these terrains can be configured in a more or less political manner, though the contemporary status quo heavily skews them towards anti-political configuration. Using this understanding of what exactly politics entails, this book considers how the internet can both help and hinder efforts to move each area in a more political direction. By explicitly interpreting contemporary theories of the political in terms of the internet, this analysis avoids the twin traps of both technological determinism and technological cynicism. Raising awareness of what the word 'politics' means, the author develops theoretical work by Arendt, Rancière, Žižek and Mouffe to present a clear and coherent view of how in theory, politics can be digitized and alternatively how the internet can be deployed in the service of trulydemocratic politics."
Other form:	1911534408
Standard no.:	9781911534402 10.16997/book5

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Physical Description:	1 online resource (vi, 147 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781911534419 1911534416 1911534408 9781911534402 9781911534426 1911534424 9781911534433 1911534432