Cammaerts, Bart 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9508-5128
(2009)
Radical pluralism and free speech in online public spaces: the case of North Belgian extreme right discourses.
International Journal of Cultural Studies, 12 (6).
pp. 555-575.
ISSN 1460-356X
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Abstract
Progressive political movements and activists are not the only ones appropriating Web 2.0 as a way to construct independent public spaces and voice counterhegemonic discourses. By looking at the other extreme of (post-)fascist movements, it will be shown that the internet also gives rise to anti-public spaces, voicing hatred and essentialist discourses. In this article, discourses of hate produced by North-Belgian (post-)fascist movements and activists will be analysed. Theoretically the analysis is informed by radical pluralism and the limits of freedom of speech in a strong democracy. The cases presented challenge the limits of freedom of speech and of radical pluralism and bring us to question whether being a racist is a democratic right, whether freedom of speech includes opinions and views that challenge basic democratic values.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://ics.sagepub.com/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 The Author |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) J Political Science > JA Political science (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 10 May 2010 09:04 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Nov 2025 05:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27895 |
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