POLS 251 Lecture Notes - Neoliberalism, Romanticism
13 Apr 2013
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An identity that is recognized through a network, suchs as the internet or an enterprise. It is essential to appreciate the kind of network from which this identity has spawned (or been manufactured). These networks are physical but also virtual, interactive and, as a result, have the potential to be very dynamic. More so in earlier stages the networks (traditional) use social movements a well now. These wired sub-cultures encourage members to redefine and represent themselves, stimulating participants to experiment with identiy construction (russel 561) network identities, like network cause such as anti-globaization, are diverse, evolving, and decentralized. (russel 561) Decentered identities develop in respone to power, to the loss of control people feel in the world increasingly shaped by transnational corporations, organizations and institutions. In the case of the zapatistas the myths are archetypal, simple in their outline, easily taken up and translated (russell, 575). Romanticized image of an imaginary better bygone era .
