OPEN-ACCESS COMMUNISM
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21721/p2p.2015v2n1.p32-55Abstract
Abstract
As the West loses its political credibility, the search has opened for alternatives to neo-liberal parliamentary democracies, failing on their own scale of good governance. Several contemporary critical thinkers, such as Alain Badiou, turn towards a communist horizon. In this paper, we want to explore the idea of commons in contemporary Internet-based groups, as a quest for contemporary appearances of communism in the Badiouian sense. From wiki formats to the hacktivism of Anonymous, there are various Internet-based initiatives that are built on a philosophy of open access to all, regardless of their identity, and a horizontal, rhizomatic organisation. We think that the organisational features of these initiatives make them suitable to carry out a struggle for new, more democratic political alternatives.
COMUNISMO EM TEMPO DE LIVRE ACESSO
Resumo
À medida que o Ocidente perde credibilidade política, inicia-se a demanda por alternativas às democracias parlamentaristas neo-liberais, falhas em sua própria escala de governança. Vários críticos contemporâneos, como Alain Badiou, voltam-se para um horizonte comunista. Neste trabalho, desejamos explorar a ideia de “commons” (Comuns) nos grupos atuais com base na Internet, enquanto busca às aparências recentes do comunismo no sentido badiouiano. Desde os formatos “wicki” até o “hacktivismo” dos Anônimos, há várias iniciativas com base na Internet que são construídas partindo de uma filosofia de livre acesso a todos, não importando a identidade, e uma organização rizomática, horizontal. Acreditamos que as características organizacionais destas iniciativas as tornam adequadas no sentido de proceder ao esforço por novas alternativas políticas, mais democráticas.
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