Laclau, Ernesto, 44, 186n2, 186n64
language: ambiguities of, 169; of evil, 15- 16, 100-101, 189n16; particularities of, 45; social link established in, 63- 64, 185n4o; of victimization, 4-10.
See also communication; speech acts law: on hate speech, 125-26; as j oke, 119-20; political conflict over, 14; sovereignty produced in suspension of, 129-36; state power increased in, 132; violent irrational element in, 134
Lebowitz, Michael, 53, 55
Lefort, Claude, 85
left (political) : capitalism accepted by, 15- 16, 34-35, 77; collective action repudiated by, 33, 35-36, 53; communication as key category for, 32- 33; democratic rhetoric of, 10, 16-17, 75-78, 93-94; dreams of, 10, 13, 17- 18; failures of, 1 - 4, 33-38, 53, 76-77, 174-75; global neoliberal capitalism accepted by, 9, 15-16, 33 -35, 77; politicization by, 14- 16; as victims, 4-10. See also democracy; ethics; fantasies networked communications media
Lemke, Thomas, 183n7
Levi-Strauss, Claude, 42, 182n41
Levy, Dominique, 53
, Lewinsky, Monica, 3
liberalism vs. neoliberalism, 51-52
liberal parliamentarianism, 13
Lincoln, Bruce, 192n57
Locke, John, 52
Loose Change (film), 155-59
Many-2-Many (group blog), 40
Marcuse, lferber� 179n32
market: failures of, 56-57; neoliberal vs.
Keynesian views compared, 51 -55; as vehicle for enjoyment, 51, 58. See also free trade
marketing: of political decisions, 22; as system of distrust, 148; technological fix as creating opening for, 38; ubiquity vs. scarcity and, 179-8onu. See also advertising
market-porn motifs, 62
Marx, Karl, 132-33
Marxism and Marxism-Leninism: as evil, no-12; left's retreat from, 34; opposition to, 52. See also comunism
master discourse: change in, 127; concept of, 79-80; doubling of authority in, 117-18; fraud in, 84-85; protestors' demands as reinforcing, 83-84; truth in, 88
McCain, John, 153
media: on Bush's "resolve;' 116-17; consumer as producer in, 4; content as just opinon in, 21; on evil, 99-100; on excessive consumer, 69-70; facts suspected in, 146-47; failures of new media activists and, 9-10; fake news in, 7-8; on justifications for Iraq War, 19-20; on political divide, 75; preferred news sources in, 145-46; reality-based community in, 64-65, 88; role of alternative, 172-75; skepticism about, 163; televangelism and free trade in, 184n3o. See also film and movies; Internet; networked communications media
messages: circulation and use value of, 26-28; uncoupled from responses, 18om3; without responses, 22-24, 46-48. See also contributions
microchunking concept, 178ru6
Miller, Daniel, 69
Miller, Jacques-Alain, 185n40
Mink, Gwendolyn, 18o-8m231 181n24
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