Progressive Politics and Celebrity Culture
- added October 17, 2007
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- jcharney
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People is the most profitable magazine in the United States, and E! (the CNN of celebrity gossip) reaches more than 89 million homes. If progressives want their politics to appeal to a majority of the population--which they should in a democracy--they ignore or misunderstand the popularity of celebrity at their peril. What would it mean to create a politics that speak to this fascination? Instead of bemoaning the narcissism of young people who spend hours managing their public selves on Facebook, we need to see it for what it is: the desire to be someone in our mediated age. This popular desire for recognition demands a change in the way progressives do politics.
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.. this is soo very accurate
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- Mr_Costello
- 1 year ago
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Phenomenal analysis jcharney but isn't politics already the cult of personality? Isn't it a popularity race mediated by massive media and gigantic funds?
For example see my shit on the cult of cyber celebrity:
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