The Politics of Becoming: Anonymity and Democracy in the Digital Age

ISBN-13: 9780192858870 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 208 str.

Asenbaum

Recenzje

At a time when the wearing of masks has become virtually obligatory, Hans Asenbaum explores the emancipatory potential that is opened up when concealing one's identity becomes a conscious political choice rather than a government directive. While democracy is usually associated with appearing in the public space, Asenbaum argues that democratic politics today is as much about invisibility and anonymity. In this highly original book, he aims to think through the deadlock of identity politics by proposing an alternative politics of disidentification.

O autorze

Hans Asenbaum is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Deliberative Democracy and Global Governance at the University of Canberra. After receiving his PhD in 2019 at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, he held a position as a Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies in Potsdam, Germany. His work focuses on radical democracy, democratic innovations, inclusion, marginalization and social identities. Hans is a co-convenor of the PSA Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Specialist Group and an associate editor of Democratic Theory.