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Ambiguities of activism : alter-globalism and the imperatives of speed / / Ingrid M. Hoofd



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Autore: Hoofd Ingrid M. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ambiguities of activism : alter-globalism and the imperatives of speed / / Ingrid M. Hoofd Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (149 p.)
Disciplina: 303.48/4
Soggetto topico: Social movements
Anti-globalization movement
Radicalism
Social media - Political aspects
Internet - Political aspects
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1 Complicities of Resistance: Activism in the Era of Acceleration; 2 Tools of the Speed- Elite: Radical New Media Activism; 3 The Migrant: The Speed- Elite's Daydream of Radical Alterity; 4 Humanism Overheating: The Conundrum of Climate Change Activism; 5 Accelerating Deceleration: Out of the Cinders of Activism; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This volume provides a critical and in-depth investigation of the relationship between alter-globalist thinking and practices and their popular discourses. It examines the ways in which several alter-globalist activist groups (like Indymedia, no-borders campaigns, and forms of climate change activism), as well as left-wing intellectuals and academics (like Michael Hardt, Al Gore, Antonio Negri, Hakim Bey, and Geert Lovink), mobilize problematic discourses, tools, and divisions in an attempt to overcome gendered, raced, and classed oppressions worldwide. The book draws out how these mobiliza
Titolo autorizzato: Ambiguities of activism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-203-10633-4
1-283-86192-5
1-136-25755-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910463145403321
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Serie: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies