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Open-access communism.
- Source :
- Business Ethics: A European Review; Oct2013, Vol. 22 Issue 4, p417-429, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- As the West loses its political credibility, the search has opened for alternatives to neo-liberal parliamentary democracies, failing on their own scale of good governance. Several contemporary critical thinkers, such as Alain Badiou, turn towards a communist horizon. In this paper, we want to explore the idea of commons in contemporary Internet-based groups, as a quest for contemporary appearances of communism in the Badiouian sense. From wiki formats to the hacktivism of Anonymous, there are various Internet-based initiatives that are built on a philosophy of open access to all, regardless of their identity, and a horizontal, rhizomatic organisation. We think that the organisational features of these initiatives make them suitable to carry out a struggle for new, more democratic political alternatives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COMMUNISM
INTERNET access control
POLITICAL doctrines
INTERNET
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09628770
- Volume :
- 22
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Business Ethics: A European Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 90465480
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12033