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SUMMARY:Politics in Common in the Digital Age - Professor Natalie Fenton\,
  Goldsmiths College\, University of London
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CONTACT:Ursa Mali
DESCRIPTION:In opposition to the neoliberal destruction of solidarities\, 
 a new progressive collectivism has begun to emerge\, re-establishing the i
 dea of the demos in a way that challenges many of the assumptions of liber
 al democracy. The internet has played an important role in these emergent 
 publics\, enabling the return of a critical discourse based on inequality 
 and the destruction of public goods. But it has also revealed crucial prob
 lems in the realization of mediated solidarity and collective politics\, a
 nd in particular the difficulties with the notion of 'political value' in 
 this new commons. Natalie Fenton explores these issues in relation to plur
 alism and horizontalism\, freedom and autonomy\, solidarity and the proble
 m of 'politics in common' in the digital age.
LOCATION:Queen's Building Lecture Theatre\, Emmanuel College\, University 
 of Cambridge\, St Andrew's Street\, Cambridge
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