دموکراسی رادیکال و جنبش‌های جمعی امروز: بیوپولیتیک‌های کثرت در برابر هژمونی مردم

The 'Arab spring', the Spanish 'Indignados', the Greek 'Aganaktismenoi' and the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement all share a number of distinctive traits. They made extensive use of social networking and were committed to the direct democratic participation of all as they co-ordinated and conducted their actions. Leaderless and self-organised, they were socially and ideologically heterogeneous, dismissing fixed agendas or ideologies. Still, the assembled multitudes that animated these mobilisations often claimed to speak in the name of 'the people', and they aspired to empowered forms of egalitarian self-government in common.Similar features have marked collective resistances from the Zapatistas and the Seattle protests onwards, giving rise to theoretical and practical debates over the importance of these ideological and political forms. By engaging with the controversy between the autonomous, biopolitical 'multitude' of Hardt and Negri and the arguments in favour of the hegemony of 'the people' advanced by J. Ranciere, E. Laclau, C. Mouffe and S. Zizek the central aim of this book is to discuss these instances of collective mobilisation, to probe the innovative practices and ideas they have developed and to debate their potential to reinvigorate democracy whilst seeking something better than 'disaster capitalism'. The 'Arab spring', the Spanish indignados, the Greek aganaktismenoi and the Occupy Wall Street movement all share a number of distinctive traits; they made extensive use of social networking and were committed to the direct democratic participation of all as they co-ordinated and conducted their actions. Leaderless and self-organized, they were socially and ideologically heterogeneous, dismissing fixed agendas or ideologies. Still, the assembled multitudes that animated these mobilizations often claimed to speak in the name of 'the people', and they aspired to empowered forms of egalitarian self-government in common. Similar features have marked collective resistances from the Zapatistas and the Seattle protests onwards, giving rise to theoretical and practical debates over the importance of these ideological and political forms. By engaging with the controversy between the autonomous, biopolitical 'multitude' of Hardt and Negri and the arguments in favour of the hegemony of 'the people' advanced by J. Rancière, E. Laclau, C. Mouffe and S. Žižek the central aim of this book is to discuss these instances of collective mobilization, to probe the innovative practices and ideas they have developed and to debate their potential to reinvigorate democracy whilst seeking something better than 'disaster capitalism'.-- Provided by Publisher The'Arab spring', the Spanish indignados, the Greek aganaktismenoi and the Occupy Wall Street movement all share a number of distinctive traits; they made extensive use of social networking and were committed to the direct democratic participation of all as they co-ordinated and conducted their actions. Leaderless and self-organized, they were socially and ideologically heterogeneous, dismissing fixed agendas or ideologies. Still, the assembled multitudes that animated these mobilizations often claimed to speak in the name of'the people', and they aspired to empowered forms of egalitarian self-government in common. Similar features have marked collective resistances from the Zapatistas and the Seattle protests onwards, giving rise to theoretical and practical debates over the importance of these ideological and political forms. By engaging with the controversy between the autonomous, biopolitical'multitude'of Hardt and Negri and the arguments in favour of the hegemony of'the people'advanced by J. Rancière, E. Laclau, C. Mouffe and S. Zizek the central aim of this book is to discuss these instances of collective mobilization, to probe the innovative practices and ideas they have developed and to debate their potential to reinvigorate democracy whilst seeking something better than'disaster capitalism'. Cover 1 Contents 6 Notes on Contributors 8 Introduction: Radical Democracy and Collective Movements Today: Responding to the Challenges of Kairos 12 1 Post-hegemony: Politics Outside the Usual Post-Marxist Paradigm 28 2 Letter to a Greek Anarchist: On Multitudes, Peoples, and New Empires 56 3 Sovereignty of the People 84 4 Occupy and Autonomous Political Life 104 5 Hegemony or Post-hegemony? Discourse, Representation and the Revenge(s) of the Real 122 6 Generalized Antagonism and Political Ontology in the Debate between Laclau and Negri 144 7 A Hegemony of the Multitude: Muddling the Lines 160 8 The Multitudinous Moment(s) of the People: Democratic Agency Disrupting Established Binarisms 180 9 Representation and Political Space in Laclau and Hardt and Negri 202 10 Autonomy and Hegemony in the Squares: The 2011 Protests in Greece and Spain 224 Index 246 The ‘arab Spring’, The Spanish ‘indignados’, The Greek ‘aganaktismenoi’ And The ‘occupy Wall Street’ Movement All Share A Number Of Distinctive Traits. Similar Features Have Marked Collective Resistances From The Zapatistas And The Seattle Protests Onwards, Giving Rise To Theoretical And Practical Debates Over The Importance Of These Ideological And Political Forms. By Engaging With The Controversy Between The Autonomous, Biopolitical ‘multitude’ And The Arguments In Favour Of The Hegemony Of ‘the People’ The Central Aim Of This Book Is To Probe The Innovative Practices And Ideas That Have Developed And To Debate Their Potential To Reinvigorate Democracy Whilst Seeking Something Better Than ‘disaster Capitalism’.