The Art of Revolt: Snowden, Assange, Manning = L’art de la révolte: Snowden, Assange, Manning

More than mere whistleblowers, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Chelsea Manning are exemplary figures who are inventing new political practices and calling old conceptions of the state and citizenship into question. Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, And Chelsea Manning Are Key Figures In The Struggles Playing Out In Our Democracies Over Internet Use, State Secrets, And Mass Surveillance In The Age Of Terror. When Not Decried As Traitors, They Are Seen As Whistle-blowers Whose Crucial Revelations Are Meant To Denounce A Problem Or Correct An Injustice. Yet, For Geoffroy De Lagasnerie, They Are Much More Than That. Snowden, Assange, And Manning Are Exemplars Who Have Reinvented An Art Of Revolt. Consciously Or Not, They Have Inaugurated A New Form Of Political Action And A New Identity For The Political Subject. Anonymity As Practiced By Wikileaks And The Flight And Requests For Asylum Of Snowden And Assange Break With Traditional Forms Of Democratic Protest. Yet We Can Hardly Dismiss Them As Acts Of Cowardice. Rather, As Lagasnerie Suggests, Such Solitary Choices Challenge Us To Question Classic Modes Of Collective Action, Calling Old Conceptions Of The State And Citizenship Into Question And Inviting Us To Reformulate The Language Of Critical Philosophy. In The Process, He Pays Homage To The Actions And Lives Of These Three Figures. -- Provided By Publisher. Introduction : Something Is Happening -- I. Conditions And Circumstances. Democracy, Privacy, And Civil Liberties -- Dismantling The Law -- Politics, Sovereignty, Exception -- Ii. Defying The Law -- Iii. New Political Subjects. Anonymity, Public Space, And Democracy -- Flight And The Politics Of Belonging -- Escaping Citizenship -- Denationalizing Minds. Geoffroy De Lagasnerie. Translation Of: L'art De La Révolte. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 115-120). Translated From The French. Copyright CONTENTS Introduction: Something Is Happening Novelty Reaction Homage Sites PART I Conditions and Circumstances 1. Democracy, Privacy, and Civil Liberties Freedoms, Private Life, and Surveillance The Call for Democracy and State Logic Radicalizing the Call for Democracy 2. Dismantling the Law 3. Politics, Sovereignty, Exception Incompleteness The Exception Statelessness PART II Defying the Law What We Are A New Political Arena Civil Disobedience Publicness Responsibility Another Way PART III New Political Subjects 4. Anonymity, Public Space, and Democracy Choice Public Space and Democratic Space Being Anonymous Democratizing Access to the Space of Contestation Destabilizing Institutions Scattering Duplicity Affirming Conflictuality 5. Flight and the Politics of Belonging The Nonpolitical Foundations of Political Theory The Contract Cohabitation Depoliticization The Power of Sedition Rogues Belonging Implications A Democratic Critique of the law Departure 6. Escaping Citizenship Counter-Subjects Life-or-Death The Future 7. Denationalizing Minds Borders Imagination Conclusion Notes Introduction Chapter 1 Chapter 2-3 Part 2 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7