Anarchist Cybernetics: Control and Communication in Radical Politics
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| Management number | 201821446 | Release Date | 2025/10/08 | List Price | $42.18 | Model Number | 201821446 | ||
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This book explores the development of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations,using cybernetic thinking to examine the challenges and opportunities presented by alternative social media platforms. It makes a significant contribution to the discussion of direct democracy.
Format: Hardback
Length: 190 pages
Publication date: 19 October 2020
Publisher: Bristol University Press
The uprisings that marked the last decade, from Occupy to the Indignados and the Arab Spring, ignited a re-emergence of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations. This pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of this radical idea. With a focus on communication and how alternative social media platforms present new challenges and opportunities for radical organizing, it sheds new light on the concepts of self-organization, consensus decision-making, individual autonomy, and collective identity. Revolutionizing the way in which anarchist activists and theorists think about organizations, this unprecedented investigation makes a major contribution to the larger discussion of direct democracy.
The uprisings that marked the last decade, from Occupy to the Indignados and the Arab Spring, ignited a re-emergence of participatory democracy as a political ideal within organizations. This pioneering book introduces cybernetic thinking to politics and organizational studies to explore the continuing development of this radical idea. With a focus on communication and how alternative social media platforms present new challenges and opportunities for radical organizing, it sheds new light on the concepts of self-organization, consensus decision-making, individual autonomy, and collective identity. Revolutionizing the way in which anarchist activists and theorists think about organizations, this unprecedented investigation makes a major contribution to the larger discussion of direct democracy.
Weight: 438g
Dimension: 163 x 240 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529208788
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