Author： Hall Gary
Publisher： Berg Publishers Ltd
ISSN： 1743-2197
Source： Cultural Politics: an International Journal, Vol.5, Iss.1, 2009-03, pp. : 5-25
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Abstract
This article begins by analyzing critically the usefulness of the recent political philosophy of Chantal Mouffe for reconceptualizing ideas of peace and conflict. It takes as its focus for doing so the situation of the Middle East. It proceeds to show how Mouffe's radical democratic politics is actually just another form of the liberalism of Habermas and Rawls that she positions her theory against. The article then explores the potential digital media hold for making affirmative, affective, hyperpolitical interventions in specific contents and singular situations. In particular it advocates using the wiki medium – hence the piece's
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