The weapons of civilization: self-technologies and the governance of dissent

This essay analyzes how liberal and radical activists battled over the subjective management strategies used in the temperance movement. First, the essay fills a theoretical gap by offering a new conceptual apparatus for examining the intersection of communication and Foucaultian technologies of the...

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Published inCommunication and critical/cultural studies Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 13 - 30
Main Author Reeves, Joshua
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2025
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Activists
Carry Nation
Communication
counter-radicalism
Cultural studies
Governmentality
Political activism
Political dissent
Radicalism
rhetoric
technologies of the self
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Summary:This essay analyzes how liberal and radical activists battled over the subjective management strategies used in the temperance movement. First, the essay fills a theoretical gap by offering a new conceptual apparatus for examining the intersection of communication and Foucaultian technologies of the self, particularly in the context of counter-radicalism. Second, it contributes to critical Communication history by examining the clash between bourgeois activists, on the one hand, and "barbaric" activists like Carry Nation, who used bar-smashing violence as a critique of conventional public address and other "civilized" methods of dissent. The essay concludes by reflecting on how this historical clash illuminates contemporary strategies of counter-radicalism and dissent management.
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ISSN:1479-1420
1479-4233
DOI:10.1080/14791420.2024.2416618