The ravages of social catastrophe: striving for the quest of 'Another World'
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Cayli, Baris
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University of StirlingIssue Date
2015-01-28
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The social order of the current system has brought an increase in the public dissents and turned to a 'normalized sociological pathology' of the postmodern world. The unyielding public resistance examples in different cultural geographies, which are fragmented, limited and yet significant and expanding struggles, convey the message that the global order of the Powerful has entered the age of stagnation. This article aims to shed new light on the relationship between the social protests and global order that has given rise to new identities of local and global injustice. I argue that social protests in the last years display discernible patterns of a change in cultural perceptions of the activists in different public spaces. On the one hand, this signals the emergence of a new public order in the 21st century. On the other hand, the ravages of social catastrophe shape the very dynamics of the same public culture. ‘Enduring and resisting public cultures’ is introduced in this article as a benchmark to identify ethnographic struggles of the activists for the quest of a new public space, which represents ‘Another World’.Citation
Cayli B (2015) "The ravages of social catastrophe: striving for the quest of 'Another World'" Philosophy & Social Criticism, 41(9): 963-980.Journal
Philosophy & Social CriticismDOI
10.1177/0191453714567735Additional Links
http://psc.sagepub.com/cgi/doi/10.1177/0191453714567735Type
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0191-45371461-734X
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/0191453714567735
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