Monday, January 10, 2011
The return of the public posted by Richard Seymour
Dan Hind will be introducing his new book at the trendy Cafe Oto, ably assisted by the lovely Richard Seymour, on 1st February:Our politicians – who in Britain are now carrying out a wholesale transformation of society without a democratic mandate – have ever-decreasing legitimacy. Our financiers – their huge corporate risks underwritten by the taxpayer – are literally and morally bankrupt. All this is done in our name, the public, yet we seem to have no genuine say in decision-making and no power to effect change. In The Return of the Public, Hind examines the mechanisms through which this has occurred and proposes a way forward for a new participatory politics, one based on a wholesale reform of the media. After the failure of the private, now is the time for the return of the public.
Do come along. RSVP here.
Labels: capitalism, democracy, events, ideology, media, public sphere
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