{"product_id":"democracy-and-other-neoliberal-fantasies-communicative-capitalism-and-left-politics","title":"Democracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies: Communicative Capitalism and Left Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean, Jodi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 02-09-2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.\n\nDEMOCRACY AND OTHER NEOLIBERAL FANTASIES\nCommunicative Capitalism \u0026amp; Left PoliticsBy JODI DEAN DUKE UNIVERSITY PRESSCopyright © 2009 Duke University Press\nAll right reserved.\nISBN: 978-0-8223-4505-3\n\n\nContents\nAcknowledgments............................................................ixIntroduction POST-POLITICS AND LEFT VICTORY...............................11 Technology THE PROMISES OF COMMUNICATIVE CAPITALISM.....................192 Free Trade THE NEOLIBERAL FANTASY.......................................493 Democracy A KNOT OF HOPE AND DESPAIR....................................754 Resolve SPEAKING OF EVIL................................................955 Ethics LEFT RESPONSIVENESS AND RETREAT..................................1236 Certainty 9 \/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND PSYCHOSIS.......................145Notes......................................................................177Bibliography...............................................................195Index......................................................................203\n\n\nChapter One\nTechnology\nTHE PROMISES OF COMMUNICATIVE CAPITALISM\n\nAlthough mainstream media in the United States supported the Bush administration in the run-up to the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, critical assessments of the government's justifications for war circulated throughout global capitalism's communications networks. Alternative media, independent media, and non-U.S. media provided thoughtful reports, insightful commentary, and critical evaluations of the \"evidence\" of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They highlighted the falsity and venality of the administration's articulation of the attacks of September 11 with Iraq, its elision of Osama bin Laden into Saddam Hussein as public enemy number one. Amy Goodman's syndicated radio program Democracy Now regularly broadcast shows intensely opposed to the militarism and unilateralism of the Bush administration's national security policy. The Nation magazine offered detailed and nuanced critiques of the justifications offered for attacking Iraq-particularly those cloaked in humanitarian good will. Antiwar activists working to supply citizens with opportunities to make their opposition known circulated lists of congressional phone and fax numbers via email. On websites, they posted petitions and announcements for marches, protests, and direct-action training sessions. As the administration's preparations for a seemingly inevitable war proceeded, thousands of antiwar bloggers commented on each step, citing other media to support their positions. True, the mainstream news media failed to cover demonstrations such as the protest in September 2002 by 400,000 people in London or march on Washington in October 2002, when 250,000 people surrounded the White House. Nonetheless, myriad progressive, alternative, and critical left news outlets supplied frequent and reliable information about the action on the ground. All in all, a strong antiwar message was out there.\nBut the message was not received. It circulated, reduced to the medium. Bush acknowledged the massive worldwide demonstrations of February 15, 2003. He even reiterated the fact that a message was out there: the protestors had the right to express their opinions. He didn't actually respond to their message, however. He didn't treat the words and actions of the protestors as sending a message to him that he was in some sense obliged to answer. Rather, he acknowledged the existence of views different from his own. There were his views and there were other views. All had the right to exist, to be expressed. But that in no way meant, or so Bush made it seem, that these views were involved with each other, that they inhabited a common space, that they were elements to be considered and integrated in the course of reaching a consensus on American foreign policy.\nThe terabytes of commentary and information, then, did not indicate a deb\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822345053\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e english\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45449010643175,"sku":"NR-YSXZ-GMGV","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0293\/7474\/2572\/products\/51ek_UH-kdL.jpg?v=1669208119","url":"https:\/\/www.pigeonhousebooks.com\/products\/democracy-and-other-neoliberal-fantasies-communicative-capitalism-and-left-politics","provider":"Pigeonhouse Books, Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}