New Forms of Revolt

Popular uprisings, indignant youth, toppled dictators, oligarchic presidents dismissed, hopes dashed, liberties crushed in prisons, fixed trials, and bloodbaths. How are we to read these images? Could revolt, or what is called “riot” on the Web, be waking humanity from its dream of hyperconnectednes...

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Main Author: Julia Kristeva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy
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Online Access:http://jffp.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jffp/article/view/650
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description Popular uprisings, indignant youth, toppled dictators, oligarchic presidents dismissed, hopes dashed, liberties crushed in prisons, fixed trials, and bloodbaths. How are we to read these images? Could revolt, or what is called “riot” on the Web, be waking humanity from its dream of hyperconnectedness? Or could it just be a trick played on us so that the culture of spectacle can last longer? But what “revolt” are we talking about? Is it even possible?
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