In the age of the spectacle, democracy has never looked so bleak. Our world, saturated with media and marketing, endlessly confronts us with spectacles vying for our attention: from Apple and 9/11 to Facebook and the global financial crisis. Democratic politics, by comparison, remain far from engaging. A society obsessed with spectacles results in a complete misfiring of the democratic system.
This book uses critical democratic theory to outline the effects of consumer culture on citizenship. It highlights the importance that public space plays in creating the critical culture necessary for a healthy democracy, and outlines how contemporary 'public' spaces – shopping centres, the Internet, social networking sites and suburban communities – contribute to this culture. Terrorism, ecological destruction and the financial crisis are also outlined as symptoms of the politics of the spectacle. The book concludes with some basic principles and novel suggestions which could be employed to avoid the pitfalls inherent in our spectacular existence.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments vii
- Credits for Lyrics and Artwork viii
- Introduction: The Concept of Democracy 1
- Part One: Critical Reflections on Modern Democracy
- Chapter One: The Agonistic Public Realm 11
- Chapter Two: Deliberative Democracy 27
- Chapter Three: Media, Technology and Democracy 42
- Part Two: Digital Spaces: Digital Selves
- Chapter Four: Introducing the Age of the Spectacle 65
- Chapter Five: The “Public” Realms of Spectacular Society 85
- Part Three: Spectacular ®evolution: Democracy and the Spectacle
- Chapter Six: The Politics of the Spectacle 109
- Chapter Seven: Constructing a Critical Democratic Theory 131
- Conclusion: What Can Be Done? 151
- Notes 159
- Bibliography 167
- Index 175
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