Sofa and Facebook or tent and Syntagma”
Understanding global resistance movements from Syntagma to Tahrir
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13092016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ali Bilgic (0000-0002-5593-894X, Bilkent University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-90 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2334-0460 • E-ISSN: 2334-0479 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23340460.2016.1154350 |
| OpenAlex | W2346474960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
This article proposes a conceptual guideline with the objective of understanding the political, economic and social complexities of contemporary street/square protests. It will be argued that contemporary protest movements can be understood from a conceptual perspective that effectively integrates individuals (their minds and bodies) and spaces to the approach of “multitude”. This guideline consists of three moves: conceptualizing individualistic dimension; space dimension; and collective dimension. In the first section, resisting individuals as cognitive and material beings with the acknowledgement of their multiple subjectivities will be discussed. As the second pillar of the movements, the relationship between resisting individuals and space of resistance will be unpacked. It will be highlighted that the contemporary resistance movements develop a novel relationship with the space they occupy by respatializing it as “home of resistance”. Finally, the multitude approach will be discussed in relation to the radical democratic approach in order to conceptualize the collective dimension of the movements
Acknowledgement · Epistemology · Individualism · Multitude · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology · Social movement · Social science · Sociology · Law · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Public Spaces through Art · Social Media and Politics
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The Gezi Park movement
The Egyptian revolution
On Visibility and Power
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Privatization and Protest
The Egyptian Revolution
The Rule of the People
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Body, Gender, and Knowledge in Protest Movements
Hannah Arendt in the streets of Athens
Political Islam and State Legitimacy in Turkey
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |