Abstract
Revisiting E-Topia - A Social Movements Contribution to the Debate on Democratic Innovation
Highlights
In academia and in civil society as a whole, there are two debates containing at least some emancipatory potential for democratic transformations
Ideas of social movements for freedom on the Internet are examined. For this purpose two movements are selected, that are concerned with online-identity/anonymity: Anonymous and Cyberfeminism
The analysis of the data is not aimed at identifying a political agenda representative for the respective movements, but at generating ideas concerning identity/anonymity online for democratic transformation
Summary
In academia and in civil society as a whole, there are two debates containing at least some emancipatory potential for democratic transformations. They counter the claim for real name policies online and defend online anonymity as democratic right to free participation (Ruesch/Märker 2012: 111f). This debate contains clear emancipatory potential, but remains defensive and is lacking a vision of democratic change. The justified concerns and the criticism of hierarchy online incorporated the cyberdemocratic ideas as a moment of disciplination: E-topia could never be realised. This position, confines debates to defensive or conservative argumentation. A the 2 same time I wish to contribute to clarifying the ideas of social movements concerned with freedom on the Internet and support them in boldly promoting ideas for democratic online participation
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