Spectacle is usually considered a superficial form of politics, which tries to distract and deceive a passive audience. It is difficult to see how this type of politics could be reconciled with the democratic requirement of active and...
Social movements--Political aspects
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Author:Penner, DevinSummary: - Author:D'Arcy, StephenSummary:
"What we must see," Martin Luther King once insisted, "is that a riot is the language of the unheard."; In this new era of global protest and popular revolt, Languages of the Unheard draws on King’s insight...
- Author:Bernier Arcand, PhilippeSummary:
Dans cet essai alliant rappels historiques et concepts sociologiques, Philippe Bernier Arcand se penche sur un phénomène observable depuis plusieurs années et qui semble prendre de l’ampleur : la volonté de certains mouvements de...
- Author:Drake, AnnaSummary:
Deliberative democracy - whereby people debate competing ideas before agreeing upon political action - must surely rest on its capacity to include all points of view. But how does this inclusive framework engage with activism that...
