Activism!: Direct Action, Hacktivism and the Future of Society (FOCI)

A compelling account of activist politics and alternative political and cultural movements.Many schools of thought assert that we have never been more politically apathetic. Tim Jordan_s Activism! refutes this, showing how civil disobedience is currently dominating the political landscape. In our fast-changing, high-tech culture, the single-issue movements of the past are continually questioned, and traditional political battles have been replaced by the collective practices of a new activism. Jordan introduces the citizens of DIY culture: eco-activists, animal liberators, ravers, neo-fascists, anti-abortionists, squatters, and hacktivists. In his view, activism comprises a new ethics for the 21st century.

Tim Jordan teaches in the Department of Sociology at the Open University, London. His books include Cyberpower: The Culture and Politics of Cyberspace and the Internet (1999).