The Politics of Becoming: Anonymity and Democracy in the Digital Age
Autor Hans Asenbaumen Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 aug 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780192858870
ISBN-10: 0192858874
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0192858874
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 161 x 240 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: OUP OXFORD
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
The Politics of Becoming presents a striking and creative reworking of key aspects of democratic theory and practice, inviting the reader to rethink what presence, democratic spaces, equality, pluralism, and freedom now can and should mean. This revelation of ways to be democratic is essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary prospects for democracy.
Social movement studies have often noted that, while normative standards aim at inclusivity, participatory spaces often discriminate marginalised subjects. This important volume reflects on how a politics of becoming can contribute to improve democratic qualities.
How does one write about the future and past of citizenship, without neglecting the praxis of the present? Asenbaum provides a much needed synthesis of science and practice, important for scholars and the general public. This uniquely relevant book draws a map to our civic future, and invites us to digitally transport ourselves there.
Hans Asenbaum is a leading voice in a new generation of democratic theorists. The Politics of Becoming embodies his impressive capacity to weave together diverse political and sociological insights into a compelling narrative. His work on the democratic character of anonymity is ground-breaking.
In this innovative and provocative new book, Asenbaum challenges sharply our thinking about identity and democratic politics. Drawing on a wide range of cases and debates, not least the assembling of identities in cyberspace, he highlights new and emerging domains of democratic thinking and practice with real insight and clarity. The discussion of anonymity and democratic possibility is especially compelling.
From the secret ballot through political graffiti to the wearing of masks in public protests, anonymity is central to democracy. Yet democratic theory, to date, has not adequately conceptualized anonymity. Not, that is, until now. In The Politics of Becoming, Hans Asenbaum sets out an original account of anonymity as a mode of disidentification within a politics of becoming. In innovative fashion, he examines how anonymity as disidentification plays out in digital space, how it allows for a digital politics of presence that mitigates some of the power asymmetries present in offline activity at the same time as a politics of becoming attentive to the multiplicity of the individual self. Topical, erudite, engaging, and bristling with insight, The Politics of Becoming is an excellent book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
At a time when the wearing of masks has become virtually obligatory, Hans Asenbaum explores the emancipatory potential that is opened up when concealing one's identity becomes a conscious political choice rather than a government directive. While democracy is usually associated with appearing in the public space, Asenbaum argues that democratic politics today is as much about invisibility and anonymity. In this highly original book, he aims to think through the deadlock of identity politics by proposing an alternative politics of disidentification.
Social movement studies have often noted that, while normative standards aim at inclusivity, participatory spaces often discriminate marginalised subjects. This important volume reflects on how a politics of becoming can contribute to improve democratic qualities.
How does one write about the future and past of citizenship, without neglecting the praxis of the present? Asenbaum provides a much needed synthesis of science and practice, important for scholars and the general public. This uniquely relevant book draws a map to our civic future, and invites us to digitally transport ourselves there.
Hans Asenbaum is a leading voice in a new generation of democratic theorists. The Politics of Becoming embodies his impressive capacity to weave together diverse political and sociological insights into a compelling narrative. His work on the democratic character of anonymity is ground-breaking.
In this innovative and provocative new book, Asenbaum challenges sharply our thinking about identity and democratic politics. Drawing on a wide range of cases and debates, not least the assembling of identities in cyberspace, he highlights new and emerging domains of democratic thinking and practice with real insight and clarity. The discussion of anonymity and democratic possibility is especially compelling.
From the secret ballot through political graffiti to the wearing of masks in public protests, anonymity is central to democracy. Yet democratic theory, to date, has not adequately conceptualized anonymity. Not, that is, until now. In The Politics of Becoming, Hans Asenbaum sets out an original account of anonymity as a mode of disidentification within a politics of becoming. In innovative fashion, he examines how anonymity as disidentification plays out in digital space, how it allows for a digital politics of presence that mitigates some of the power asymmetries present in offline activity at the same time as a politics of becoming attentive to the multiplicity of the individual self. Topical, erudite, engaging, and bristling with insight, The Politics of Becoming is an excellent book that I thoroughly enjoyed reading.
At a time when the wearing of masks has become virtually obligatory, Hans Asenbaum explores the emancipatory potential that is opened up when concealing one's identity becomes a conscious political choice rather than a government directive. While democracy is usually associated with appearing in the public space, Asenbaum argues that democratic politics today is as much about invisibility and anonymity. In this highly original book, he aims to think through the deadlock of identity politics by proposing an alternative politics of disidentification.
Notă biografică
Hans Asenbaum is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. After receiving his PhD in 2019 at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, he held a position as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany. His work focuses on radical democracy, democratic innovations, inclusion, marginalization and social identities. Hans is a co-convenor of the PSA Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group and an associate editor of Democratic Theory.