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Media Against Democracy, The
Thomas Field
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Paperback. A radical critique of existing institutions. Num Pages: 102 pages. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 116.
The Media does not know what democracy is. Indeed our societies have, for the most part, forgotten the meaning of democracy. Democracy is not a state form. Democracy is a mode of foundationless existential living. As such it needs the kind of attention which our self-satisfied media institutions, riven with complacent journalistic practices and corrupted by institutional privilege, are incapable of. We need to sweep away The Media to allow existential democracy to manifest itself. This will also entail the destruction of key aspects of the academic institution of Media and Cultural Studies, which has evidently failed to radically change ... Read more
The Media does not know what democracy is. Indeed our societies have, for the most part, forgotten the meaning of democracy. Democracy is not a state form. Democracy is a mode of foundationless existential living. As such it needs the kind of attention which our self-satisfied media institutions, riven with complacent journalistic practices and corrupted by institutional privilege, are incapable of. We need to sweep away The Media to allow existential democracy to manifest itself. This will also entail the destruction of key aspects of the academic institution of Media and Cultural Studies, which has evidently failed to radically change ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
115g
Number of Pages
102
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780998213
SKU
V9781780998213
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About Thomas Field
Thomas Field works at Stockton College where he lectures on Philosophy and Media Studies and lives in Middlesbrough in the North East of England.
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