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- Title
For the Lulz: Anonymous, Aesthetics, and Affect.
- Authors
Ferrada Stoehrel, Rodrigo; Lindgren, Simon
- Abstract
This paper discusses the ways in which affect and the political aesthetics of Anonymous can be linked to possibilities of arousing affect, create unity and mobilise resistance; invite public participation in public affairs. In the culture of Anonymous, political resistance is not considered as limited to rational tactics nor in accordance with the principles of intellectual/cognitive “reason” (alone), but interplayed with “the lulz” – a specific kind of political passion – that works as an affective political force; capable of inspiring an alternative (radical) imaginary. In this context, the “lulz” and the aesthetics of Anonymous are reflected in strategies of engagement deployed to challenge the hegemonic discourses promoted by political economy. Following Mouffe (2013), we argue that there is no political equality (plurality) without conflict and without conflict no constructive political dialogue. In this line of argument, we are also influenced by the Spinozan perspective on affect as ability for action and change.
- Subjects
ANONYMOUS (Group); AESTHETICS &; politics; AFFECT (Psychology); ENTHUSIASM; MASS mobilization; HACKTIVISM; POWER (Social sciences)
- Publication
TripleC (Cognition, Communication, Co-Operation): Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society, 2014, Vol 12, Issue 1, p238
- ISSN
1726-670X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.31269/vol12iss1pp238-264