The future of “Go Home Gota”: Occupy Wall Street?
Occupy was, at its core, a movement constrained by its own contradictions: filled with leaders who declared themselves leaderless, governed by a consensus-based structure that failed to reach consensus, and seeking to transform politics while refusing to become political. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/the-triumph-of-occupy-wall-street/395408/ If one is searching for movements analogous to “Go Home Gota”, Occupy Wall Street is … Continue reading The future of “Go Home Gota”: Occupy Wall Street?
Yahapalanaya & “Go home Gota” as master signifiers
A couple of introductory notes: This section of the Wikipedia article on the 2015 Sri Lankan Presidential election gives some idea of the complex dynamics of Yahapalanya. For an understanding of current events in Sri Lanka, and the “Go home Gota” movement, I recommend this. A summary of what is meant by a master signifier … Continue reading Yahapalanaya & “Go home Gota” as master signifiers
The creation of the subject and reality: some notes on theory
PART of Constructing a Party Core to our system is understanding humans as a “subject” and the idea that reality is a social construction. This reality can be manipulated through institutions to form a voter (subject) that will vote for the party. The human as a subject In theories of human subjectivity, a distinction is made … Continue reading The creation of the subject and reality: some notes on theory
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