FCJ-146 Mannheim’s Paradox: Ideology, Utopia, Media Technologies, and the Arab Spring.

FCJ-146 Mannheim’s Paradox: Ideology, Utopia, Media Technologies, and the Arab Spring.

This article explores the complicated historical relationship between ideology and utopia in European thought, and what this relationship can teach us when faced with the exuberant promises and hype that characterise new media technologies. The article is structured in two parts. The first develops...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rowan Wilken
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Humanities Press 2012-07-01
Series:Fibreculture Journal
Subjects:
ideology
utopia
utopian
Mannheim
Arab Spring
media
social media
ICT
power
activism
culture
politics
network
Online Access:http://twenty.fibreculturejournal.org/2012/06/20/fcj-146-mannheims-paradox-ideology-utopia-media-technologies-and-the-arab-spring/

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http://twenty.fibreculturejournal.org/2012/06/20/fcj-146-mannheims-paradox-ideology-utopia-media-technologies-and-the-arab-spring/

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